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Best Buy offers workshops to educate consumers about the DTV transition.

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by dreyfusse November 13, 2008 3:20 PM PST
What about the South? Seems like a whole swath of the country won't have access to these workshops.
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by MadLyb November 13, 2008 4:47 PM PST
Quick question?

Would you expect anyone who reads Crave to need to know this information?

Even if a person who reads this blog hasn't already addressed this issue, I am sure they already know the issue in great detail and have plans for addressing.

*sigh* I miss the old Crave where the background was black and we heard about gadgets other than phones and cameras and we were constantly reminded how Hello Kitty was subverting technology.

Aaahhh, the good ol' days.
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by tenc21 November 13, 2008 9:54 PM PST
With what the Bush-man did to the economy we'll all be watching analog TV for along time to come---no one can afford a DTV transition. To accommodate that, the regulations for change will be suspended and there'll be no switch until the recession recedes like the hairlines of those Baby Boomer hedge fund managers who haven't committed hara-kari yet.
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by archaicforest November 14, 2008 3:19 AM PST
Hmm.... 25 shows in 25 major US cities. What does this do to help the millions of people who do not live anywhere near any of these cities? The FCC's "DTV bandwagon" needs to pull into small towns in the boonies for this to genuinely be effective. And with only three months left, they better start pulling into fifteen county seats a day. While I commend Best Buy for stepping up to educate people, I think that there should be a lot more done.
Did everyone hear the one about the FCC going to a college and having to go outside to get a DTV signal? They set up the display in the rain under a tent so they could demonstrate the "advance" to DTV. If that doesn't underscore the problems for them, they should just go home.
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by co789co December 30, 2008 8:58 AM PST
I have a Sony Watchman hand held TV. With this transition from analog to HD. Will my Ltllle TV be DEAD after Feb. 17th ?
Paul
Ogden, Utah
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