Re: Brother, have you been converted?

On May 12, 12:07=C2=A0pm, ebenZERO...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Hactar) wrote:
> Les Albert =C2=A0<lalbe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On May 12, 7:29=EF=BF=BDam, Estron <est...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > > Lots of publicity lately concerning the coming switchover from
analog
> > > broadcasting to digital only, now scheduled for February 2009 (in
the
> > > United States).
>
> > > I can understand the commercials for various companies' brands of
conv=
erter
> > > boxes not exactly telling the whole story. =EF=BF=BDBut the
so-called =
news stories
> > > -- the items that appear as part of the program content, not the
comme=
rcial
> > > content, of the news -- the ones I've seen are not emphasizing this
po=
int:
>
> > > You only need a converter box (or a digital-receiving set) if you're
> > > watching over-the-air broadcast signals, if you're getting your
progra=
ms
> > > through the antenna. =EF=BF=BDIf you have cable, or if you have
satell=
ite TV, you
> > > can have the oldest TV set still working and it will still work
withou=
t a
> > > converter.
>
> > > I don't know where to find the statistics, but it doesn't seem to me
t=
hat
> > > many TV viewers are watching over-the-air TV anymore. =EF=BF=BD

> > 17% of households have no pay TV service on any of their TVs.
=C2=A0Usin=
g a
> > population figure of approximately 109 million households, that's over
> > 18 million households who watch over-the-air TV.

> Less. =C2=A0They could use the TV for watching DVDs and one or more game
> machines (Nintendo, Sega, etc) and never use it to watch broadcast.


Estimates vary:
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"About 14 percent of U.S. households watch TV over the air
exclusively. That=E2=80=99s 15.5 million households=E2=80=94according to
the=
 latest
FCC re****t, anyway.

" About 13.5 million antenna-TV households, says a Consumer
Electronics Association survey."
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The above is from dtvfacts.com

Anyway you estimate it, it is a large number.

Les