Obama Urges DTV Delay as Time, Money Runs Out

Billed as perhaps the greatest leap in television since "living color," the transition to digital TV is a mere 39 days away, and in serious trouble: millions of households still aren't ready for the conversion and a government program created to subsidize the hardware needed by many has run out of money.Broadcasters want to stick to D(igital)-Day: Feb. 17, as decreed by Congress in back 2005. But some in Washington say we should take more time to ensure that so many of the nation's TV screens don't go snowy at the flick of that switch. (Snyder, 2009)

People have had about 3 years to get ready for this,and still millions haven't gotten ready?The goverment should not delay this event,people(me) have been waiting for this for years.Sure some channels have already upgraded and I should be satisfied,but this fact has made more eager for all channels to be "digitalized".

Snyder, Chris (2009/1/9). Obama Urges DTV Delay as Time, Money Runs Out. Retrieved January 17, 2009, from wired.com Web site: http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/obama-urges-dtv.html