11th June 2010, 9:26 PM
Actually the one I have looks pretty much identical, part for part, to my old one. The "finish" on it isn't as "smooth", but other than that I can't tell the difference. None of the big color changes you're talking about anyway. My original is black, the buttons are the same color, and all that. The screw hole is on both of them.
Anyway, my point is not that it'll be a seamless transition, but people with cable were NEVER the issue when the digital transition came along. Do you honestly think the vast majority of TV watches, the ones that DON'T have cable, cared about cable viewers? No, they all had to upgrade. Cable isn't nearly as ubiquitous as TV owning is. That's part of the reason they felt the need to change the spectrum anyway. In fact, a large number of people are seeing no reason to keep paying for cable and are starting to ditch it here and there.
People will get a device to listen to radio if they HAVE to do so or else just hear static. That's the POINT of a mandatory upgrade. I really don't see any functional difference. Again, at first it'll just be AM.
If no one is willing to pay for such a device, and it isn't made cheap for those, then they are basically saying they don't mind losing AM. That's all the more excuse to get rid of it, don't you think?
Anyway, my point is not that it'll be a seamless transition, but people with cable were NEVER the issue when the digital transition came along. Do you honestly think the vast majority of TV watches, the ones that DON'T have cable, cared about cable viewers? No, they all had to upgrade. Cable isn't nearly as ubiquitous as TV owning is. That's part of the reason they felt the need to change the spectrum anyway. In fact, a large number of people are seeing no reason to keep paying for cable and are starting to ditch it here and there.
People will get a device to listen to radio if they HAVE to do so or else just hear static. That's the POINT of a mandatory upgrade. I really don't see any functional difference. Again, at first it'll just be AM.
If no one is willing to pay for such a device, and it isn't made cheap for those, then they are basically saying they don't mind losing AM. That's all the more excuse to get rid of it, don't you think?
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