Comments on: Broadcasters dodge FCC DTV bullet

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:11:34 +0000

I can’t believe Safran’s relatives don’t have cable!

By: Esteban

Esteban — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:02:42 +0000

Este comentario no me gusta

By: Hussman

Hussman — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:12:17 +0000

It blows my mind that TV stations aren’t doing more. We’re running the PSAs, I’m speaking in the community (using my own corrected version of the NABs slightly inaccuarte materials), and we’ve done/are doing News stories.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:39:39 +0000

Consumer Reports and HearUsNow.org have a great information site on DTV.
http://www.hearusnow.org/tvradio/12/

And they set up a way to share your experience with the transition to digital television.
cu.convio.net/HUN_shareyourDTVstorypage

Consumer Reports site with all the info: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/news-electronics-computers/pulling-the-plug-on-analog-tv-206/index.htm

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:45:15 +0000

Because I’m A) lazy or B) have no idea where to get the figures, what percentage of the population gets their TV from free over-the-air broadcasts? Just curious if anyone has that figure handy.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:47:28 +0000

Word from a Wal-Mart manager I know is that their company is in the preparation ground-work stage for a blitz explaining the new DTV changeover and what customers need to buy to be ready.

Pretty sad to think that viewers are going to get a better heads up of whats to come from Wal-Mart and not their local TV station.

By: tdc

tdc — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:21:05 +0000

shee-it, didn’t i read that the nab wants the gov’t to buy commercial time to run these spots?

By: Safran

Safran — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:49:52 +0000

The switchover is an absolute disaster in the making. When I mention it to relatives, they have NO IDEA it is coming. They think I’m kidding. They can’t believe their TVs won’t work. Meantime, the PSAs smack more of ass-covering than they do of education, the FCC’s DTV site, as Cory points out, is an amateurish joke and the locals are going to get absolutely flooded with calls on changeover day.

It’s great that there’s a government site and that cable will handle this. What about those who can’t afford cable and the web? They’re going to be completely taken by surprise.

From The Baltimore Sun:

“A recent survey by Consumers Union found that three out of four households that would be affected by the change didn’t know the converter box vouchers were available. Of the families surveyed, 42 percent said they had no plans to do anything to prepare for the change.”

This is less than 12 months away. Their televisions won’t work. And we’re deliberating how we can cut back on informing them. Perfect.