Why TV Sucks These Days

brian hefele — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:23:04 +0200

I don't mean content. As far as broadcast networks are concerned, there is enough decent content right now that I can't complain too much. Of course, for every good bit of content there are nineteen downright awful pieces, but still there is enough.

No, my plight is in delivery. On June 12, 2009, all broadcast signals switched over to digital. This meant a few practical things - it would become much more difficult to receive signals that were strong enough to watch, but once you found a signal you'd have several feeds there instead of the one channel you had before. This is pretty awesome, it means that on a day where everything that I used to receive actually comes in, my channel total is closer to 25 than 7.

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Why TV Sucks These Days