…familiarity breeds contempt.
So goes the saying.
I would have thought there would be much more anger towards the government for allowing one faction -the cell phone industry – to trample all over another faction – television viewers – by imposing new federal regulations for television broadcasting, i.e. the now-offical digital signal.
A big thanks to Washington [offensive link for some] for turning my 15 year old television, which is in perfect working order, into a large paper weight. They owe me the price of my television, adjusted for inflation, on top of all the money that was taken from me to provide converter boxes almost free to the rest of the country.
And no. I’m not going to *buy* a digital converter box. I am highly offended that millions of other people have stolen my money via the government to buy something the government forced on us.
It looks like the Feds have finally mandated the “high quality” broadcast capabilities of Max Headroom.