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Fisher: Do Digital TV Switch Now

"I firmly believe that our nation is not yet ready to make this transition at this time," said Rockefeller Tuesday as the Senate voted to put the changeover date off from Feb. 17 to June 12. Fortunately, the House refused to go along, rejecting the delay on Wednesday. It isn't broadcasters who Rockefeller and Obama think are not yet ready, mind you. It is television viewers themselves. So where have those viewers been the last several months? It can't have been in front of their television screens. There, network after network and station after station have been running announcements about the pending switch from a low-quality analog signal to a high-quality digital signal that will make almost everyone's picture better/Jim Fisher, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Do you think the switch to digital TV should go ahead in February or be delayed until June?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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