lol

Ooops. Make that February 2009.

Losing track of time in my old age. :neutral:

Whew...that's a relief. 'Cause I already partied like it was 1999. ;)

The correct year is of course 2009. And what is the FCCs most intelligible reasoning behind spending mega money for this glorious switchover? A prettier picture. Oh no, our beloved government can't be bothered with spending to improve education and healthcare. No, Americans only need a prettier picture on their TV sets to be happy. And let's just forget about the retired senior citizens and others who probably won't be able to afford set-top converters, let alone cable or satellite TV, or expensive iLo HDTVs from Wal-mart that'll probably flake out within a year, which I bought after my good ol' Magnovox gave up after 20 years of reliable service.

But haven't the feds said they would give out $100 vouchers to everyone who needs one so they can get a box?

Maybe. I haven't heard/read that.

Actually, the prettier picture also uses less spectrum, which will eventually open up a lot more spectrum for other uses.

This doesn't make sense....I thought mind control experiments were done in analog not digital.

I guess that's going to end now that it's 1779 again.
;)

http://www.ncta.com/ContentView.aspx?contentId=4355

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/index.html
I can't find an actual application form for these coupons/vouchers, so it looks like even though there is almost a Billion dollars in funding for it, the program isn't off the ground yet.

How will that improve education and healthcare?

By opening up a lot more spectrum, because it uses less.

Smartass.

I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass.

I didn't say it would; just that it does more than improve the picture.

But now that you ask, I can certainly see emergency and medical services making use of future devices that will use the newly opened spectrum.