Posted by Joshua Zyber on 10/24/06 22:47

"Derek Janssen" <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:rNGdnXDTV7F2_aPYnZ2dnUVZ_qWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Seriously, though, remember, it's not just neat-o, it's the LAW--
> FCC has declared we must all have HD sets (and players!) by January
> 2009, or buy converter boxes, seeing as every broadcaster must switch
> signals or die.

That's not true and you should know better, Derek. All that's mandated
is that broadcasters must switch to "digital" transmission. That can
(and will) mean Standard Def as well as High Def.

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