It’s time for a change…
Hello, everyone!! Well, I mentioned this before but I figured this may be a good time to remind y’all that TV signals are going out today (6/12). If you don’t have a digital cable/satellite service subscription or a convertor box, you are about to be out of luck. Not to worry, though- there are plenty of stores that sell these boxes that will allow your TV to receive the new digital signals. Radio Shack is one of those.
So why are they doing this? Over the past few years, the government has been putting this in motion to free up the old analog TV signals for other purposes. Police and other important emergency communications. The switch was supposed to happen all the way back in February, but it was delayed to allow a little more time to prepare. Surprisingly, according to a yahoo news article, those of us from the younger generation are less prepared than older viewers. The commerce secretary is saying it’s likely because the younger generation doesn’t care much about TV because they’re getting a lot of their shows on the internet or by other means. Makes sense, I guess. So now I’m curious…. how many of you out there are already prepared for this switch? When did you prepare? If not, is it because you watch most of your shows online or is there another reason? Comment and let me know! I guess that’s about it for now. Take care and I’ll see y’all again on Monday. Have a great weekend and good luck if you’re still getting ready for the switch. I leave you with a quick youtube video about getting ready for the switch thanks to IowaPublicTelevision:
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