[Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY

Mon Oct 2 03:12:36 EDT 2006

Yep, movies, special programming, and sports all take on a new and
vibrant look with HDTV. If you like great video quality, HDTV makes the
difference. Maybe Kenwood is working on a HD visual display for their
next high end rig.
Pete, wa2cwa
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:04:44 -0700 "Dennis Younker NE6I" <ne6i at cox.net>
writes:
> Steve, you're missing out. HDTV is incredible.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Harrison" <k0xp at dandy.net>
> To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY
>>> > At 06:41 PM 10/1/2006 -0700, you wrote:
> >>Not so! HD channels are both VHF and UHF (up until last March I 
> worked
> >>for a Reno TV station and helped but their VHF HD channel on the 
> air).
> >>And don't hold you breath on the 2009 shutdown date for analog 
> channels.
> >>I think there will be a real uproar when folks realize that they 
> will be
> >>forced to acquire new sets on some certain date. Congress will 
> likely
> >>back off on their ill-conceived mandate on shutdown of the analog
> >>channels when their constituency gets excited.
> >
> > Obviously, what everybody else is hoping for is that 99.99% will 
> be on
> > cable by then.
> >
> > Which makes me wonder just what the heck is the whole point of all 
> them TV
> > stations spending all that money on all that HD junk, when 
> there'll be
> > almost nobody to watch them except out in the boonies. Just about 
>> > everybody
> > in cities is already on cable or using them lil dinky DishTV 
> thingies.
> >
> > We're not even gonna bother shelling out the moolah for a HDTV 
> just for
> > cable, let alone to watch the two or three remaining on-the-air 
> stations 
> > we
> > can receive here in southwestern Connecticut.
> >
> > Steve, K0XP