[Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY

Mon Oct 2 09:13:35 EDT 2006

except that 98% of what's on tv these days is trash; garbage; mindless 
junk. I dropped cable years ago and put up an antenna. I watch one 
show a week. Already decided that when it all goes digital, I'll just 
junk all my tv stuff, take my brain back, and enjoy life without tv. 
broadcast tv at least; guess i'll keep the tv and dvd player for 
movies. If you can make it a year without tv, when you go check it 
out (this happens to me when I'm in a hotel room) you'll think it's the 
most idiotic junk you ever saw and wonder how you ever stomached it.
rob / k5uj
On Monday, October 2, 2006, at 02:12 AM, Peter Markavage wrote:
> 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
> ______________________________________________________________
> Kenwood mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/kenwood
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html
> Post: mailto:Kenwood at mailman.qth.net
>