Saturday, March 26, 2005
Digital TV: What Are We Waiting For?
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "ARTICLE" @ 12:00 PM
"Who's to blame for the slow pace of the digital television transition in the United States? Broadcast industry officials, consumer electronics vendors, and consumer groups blamed each other at a recent HDTV conference here."
The article puts some of the blame on the broadcasters and some on consumers. Personally, I blame Comcast. I have an HD ready TV with their digital HD box. However, they don't even carry all of the local stations that broadcast in HD. So, I am watching the networks in analog. That is my other beef with Comcast "digital" service. They don't tell you that channels 2-99 are broadcast in analog and only the upper channels are digital, so even with all the bells and whistles on my cable package and a nice home theater, most of my viewing is regular old analog cable. :bad-words:
The article puts some of the blame on the broadcasters and some on consumers. Personally, I blame Comcast. I have an HD ready TV with their digital HD box. However, they don't even carry all of the local stations that broadcast in HD. So, I am watching the networks in analog. That is my other beef with Comcast "digital" service. They don't tell you that channels 2-99 are broadcast in analog and only the upper channels are digital, so even with all the bells and whistles on my cable package and a nice home theater, most of my viewing is regular old analog cable. :bad-words:
