Sub-prime Bail Out

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

There will be converter boxes for non-digital TVs.

Converters were also defined almost 10 years ago when all this was required and when conventional (VHF) TV was slated to be turned off in 2006. Converter boxes were supposed to be made available for $100 with government subsidies. However all this (and Zenith for which much of this was created to protect) are gone, missing, or not discussed.

Meanwhile, most of those HD TVs are a complete insult to me. Instead of receiving a true HD signal, they just widen the screen (make faces fatter) and promote "LOOK! IT’s a BIGger Screen!". No. A true HD picture means that when the Eagles are being taken apart in the Super Bowl, then you can see why on every play as Eagles receivers downfield are being embarrassed. Currently, the low resolution screens still on HD TVs only tunnel in the line of scrimmage. (Those not in N America will have to guess what was just written.)

See also the controversy between HD and Blu-Ray DVDs to appreciate how few facts actually get out to the public due to political correctness and the number of people who know only from what retailers tell them. "You cannot be trusted to know the truth." They get away with it because so many of us don't ask, "Why?" Why are those converter boxes not everywhere? What happened to the government subsidies?

Another question: why are TV receiver circuits so insensitive as to all but require Cable service? And why is this relavent to mortgages?