Since news broke that the digital tv conversion box coupon program had run out, stories have been popping up about people, some in government, some in the consumer sector, asking Congress to postpone the DTV conversion.
I think that is an awful idea.
The conversion has already been postponed. This was supposed to happen over 2 years ago.
And what will happen if it is postponed again? Of course the government will throw another billion dollars at it. Why? Because people don’t know if they do or don’t need a converter box. At one point in the last 2 years, you’ve heard an ad about it, or a news anchor talking about it, so you’ve probably looked around your house at the TV’s and thought…wow, I’m going to need a converter box for all of these. Now, they’re actually trying to tell people they don’t if they have cable or satellite.
The bad thing about that is, some people already have gotten coupons and bought boxes and didn’t need them.
Perhaps the government should just back off the entire subject and let the tv stations do what they want. All these stations are already set up to switch to digital too.