So, since there really isn't anything important to worry about in Washington, the House of Representatives is considering a piece of legislation to push back the federal mandate that all television be broadcast in High Definition, from February to June to give consumers suffering from hard economic times a little breathing room before they buy that new digital converter box, or antenna, or HD widescreen Plasma TV or whatever.
I was just wondering how many newly unemployed Americans are overly concerned with whether or not American Idol is broadcast in HD.
I was also wondering why OUR government feels that it needs to waste time, which is basically our tax dollars at work (if you can call it work), on this kind of garbage legislation to begin with. Why isn't the free market capable of deciding when consumer demand for a product or service is mandate enough?
Perhaps I'm missing the importance of this whole HD situation. I guess with unemployment rising there are going to be a lot more Americans at home to watch The Price Is Right in HD every day. So I suppose that this could be considered Pro-Active Legislation, helping to ease the burden on suffering Americans.
Just my 2 cents.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
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It's funny you mention this. Marianne and I had this very same conversation last night. (were you eavesdropping?)
I don't get it either, except that it must be about money. As usual.
It is somewhat demanded by the market... just not the television market. The demand Americans have for wireless everything is creating the pressure to ditch the old analog broadcasts that eat up more of the radio wave spectrum than digital broadcasts do. The competition for the rights to use different radio frequencies in the U.S. is incredibly intense.
Now whether or not the government should get involved is another story, but I guess they have to since they ultimately decide who gets to use which airwaves.
That's a fair point James. I suppose that someone has to regulate that stuff, I wasn't aware that the battle for the airwaves was getting so intense, but it does make sense.
Now, can you explain anything else that congress does?
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