Vhf Business
Vhf Business
 |
 Walkie Talkie UHF VHF 5W 16CH Baofeng BF 490 2 Way Radio Police Business 1500mAh  US $49.27
|
 Motorola Radius CP200 VHF 16 channel 5W Two Way Business Radio LIGHTLY USED US $219.95
|
| The Ham Radio Blog |
I have this feeling . . . . . . .?
I have this feeling about digital TV and radio. That it is not going to be freely transmitted anymore. See with digital signals they can be controlled or turned "on" and "off". That is by making the HDTV "addressable". If you do not pay the "broadcasters" (in the Detroit Metro area, VHF band channels 2, 4, 7, Canada channel 9, plus the UHF channels). HDTV equipment that is digitized can be switched off remotely by the users unique address on the HDTV (digital, if the manufacturer so decided). The sorry thing about that is, you would still be bombarded with commercials anyway. Hold onto your old HDTV, guarantee the new sets will be addressable. Sound like paranoia, I don't think so? If a buck can be turned big business will find a way to rip a buck more off from you.
If agrreed, why?
if not agreed, why not?
Theoretically-possible. But, since broadcast TV is under the control of the FCC and US law, it would take action by congress and the FCC before it could happen.
Bottom line-it's not going to happen until the finances of the broadcast industry brcome so bad that the only way to keep "free " TV going is to do this.
