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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

I've had enough. Time for a rant.

Why is our state television broadcaster being allowed to waste money on digital television? Do they really think this will improve the quality of anything but the signal? Digital crap is about as usful as Analog crap. Before I shell out good money for a decoder I'd want to know that the quality of the programming was similarly upgraded and the advertising considerably reduced.

Best theory: Kill your TV - or at least, kill your antenna.

And what about the price of new TV's here? How can anyone justify spending $5k on a wide screen plasma or lcd TV? It's such a con. Wake up people - vote with your wallets. Better yet, get outside and enjoy life while you can - before Bush kills us all.

Ok, sorry, bad morning, back to work.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:15:28 AM (New Zealand Standard Time, UTC+12:00)

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:57:27 PM (New Zealand Standard Time, UTC+12:00)

Peter, I very much agree. I've been looking at getting a 24" LCD for a while, but I just can't justify the cost - $1500 or so - even with a free media center. (we have a 20" CRT, old as the hills.). About the only reason I can think of at the moment is to get rid of the VCR - it's only converting between RCA / Composite and the antenna signal that the TV needs. And thats not a good enough reason.

Most of what we watch is actually direct from the US (thanks bittorrent). I got cable (Saturn) as our antenna reception is shocking, but the quality of the stuff on there - with a few exceptions for NatGeo, Animal Planet and Discovery - is AWFUL. I now have 20 or so channels of shite, not 6. The picture, however, IS nice and clear....

Digital isn't going to help that at all. You can put a new skin on a website, but if the content is crap, STILL noone will read it. :)

As for the ads - I'd expect MORE actually - to cover the costs of upgrading the network.... (sigh)

Nic

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