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by roywiggins
3112 days ago
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One difference is that most TVs are big, bulky appliances that could be cheaply retrofitted to the new technology. Sure, portable analog TVs existed but didn't really take off. If FM is turned off, every single pre-digital clock radio, portable radio, integrated FM cellphone radio, car radio and boombox suddenly stops working and needs replacing. There's no government program to hand out vouchers to replace my boombox; I just have to junk it and buy another. If DAB is so great, why does hardly anyone in the US bother with it? Unlike DTTV, it's broadcast alongside regular FM, so people can go out and buy a digital receiver any time they like. But they don't, because they have a perfectly good clock radio already and don't see a benefit. |
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'cause it isn't? It just generates a huge pile of electronics waste [1] with marginal if any advantages for users... legislation here is an obvious money grab in my eyes.
[1] Because that's what we need! Another pile of never-to-be-recycled waste, sky-high, in the name of efficiency (maybe some lobbyist even argued with the energy savings - assuming they actually exist - look how good this move would be for mother earth!)