FCC Mandates Digital Tuners

Gekko writes "The FCC has caved to pressures and has rolled back their mandate to requiring HDTV to 2007." A follow-up to this article: looks like the answer is "yes", although an extra year's delay has been added. Cherish your analog televisions, they will be collector's items. Update: 08/08 20:38 GMT by M : Declan McCullagh notes that there was also a vote on the broadcast flag concept to prevent copying of digital television - a set of draft regulations will be released next week.

Digital tuners?

[SpanishInquisition]

I've always used my fingers to change channels, what else have people been using?

Digital Tuners

[Ezubaric]

I really like my analog tuner; you can get some quality shows. Just the other day on channel 4 1/2, I was watching Tom Brokaw get the crap kicked out of him by Dennis Franz. That's good television.

I won't even start to talk about Boston Public Access.

Re:2024

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd hate to think that my grandchildren (if/when I get any) will be so evil as to cast a spell upon me, then, when I wake up one morning, I think to myself:

"Shit, I'm a big, media-controlled government! When'd that happen?"

Re:Brief history of HDTV

[mikefoley]

Did they really say Fuck that many times?

Re:Thats what you think!

[The Rogue86]

your proposal is acceptable!
-FCC