House Passes Delay to Digital TV

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I think the real issue is that most of the people not ready for DTV are voters. The Senate bill allowed the stations to transition as planned, if they chose to. This makes the stations the bad guys and the politicians are not to blame. Why else would this non-essential issue take priority over the economic woes?

TV is not a necessity or a constitutionally guaranteed right. Contrary to what some people believe, there was life before TV. How many households do not have a radio? To say they need talking heads to get the news, weather and sports is horsefeathers.

If they want TV, let them put down that bag of potato chips and the remote, get off their butts and buy a box. While I am sympathetic toward the elderly, and the disabled, most are just plain lazy. Nothing short of cutting off the analog signal will motivate them to act.