Posted on 06/15/2009 2:57:47 PM PDT by Scott Martin
The long-awaited switch from analog to digital TV took place last Friday, and if you're like most people, you weren't aware of it. But if you are poor and/or stupid, you've probably had a rough weekend.
"Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.
About a third of the calls were about federal coupons to pay for digital converter boxes."
Does that really say, "federal coupons for digital converter boxes?"
"The largest volume of calls came from the Chicago area..."
No surprise there. Obama's been educating Chicagoans for years. The rest of America has a long way to go to catch up.
The shutdown of analog broadcast TV signals was originally slated for Feb. 17, but the date was delayed to June 12 after Obama urged Congress to postpone the switch because he feared that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air channels wouldn't be prepared.
Detroit, where liberalism has reigned for decades as the local economy and school system has continued to worsen, was probably the next most effected city by the switch.
"(T)he anxiety of the switch was heightened as viewers prepared to watch that night's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
"They were frantic," said Michael Gottlieb, director of the Michigan DTV help line, which received about 1,000 calls. "I can't tell you how many people we talked off the ledge."
Blacksphere, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite daily voices on Obama, sums it up well:
(Excerpt) Read more at patriotroom.com ...
I have an HP dv9320us 1.8Ghz with 2GB of RAM running Vista. I also had the low end Verizon DSL. I just run things through the web browser. I recently upgraded to the 3Mbps package so up to 2 people can watch different shows. I also use my TV as a second monitor sometimes.
Try these websites:
www.findinternettv.com/FullEpisodes.aspx
www.fancast.com
www.hulu.com
bk.pplive.com/ This on is Chinese but has American shows.
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