The Reality of Digital TV
Jan. 9th, 2009 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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You wanna know why all us Americans are being forced into the digital television age?
Widgets.
Television advertisers want to put widgets on the t.v. that will help viewers interact with their products in a web-browser like environment. T.V. stations want to add things like stock tickers, weather widgets, you name it, into their broadcasts to keep people from surfing channels in search of more indepth or on-demand content. CBS has the sports report on it & you need weather? No need to change the channel, just look at the sidebar or pop-up panel activated by your universal remote!
Can you imaging pop-up commercials? You're sitting there, watching a show & bloop - pop-up tampon ad!
Yeah, I'm a little peeved at this whole thing. The US Government says 'yes, we're converting all televisions to digital' & 'you've got to pay for the box that will let you view the new, improved t.v. stations'. Granted, in order to watch t.v. in the first place, you have to buy a t.v. - but nothing says you can't go out & buy some $10 b/w thing with a dial on it at someone's yard sale or swapmeet.
Widgets.
Television advertisers want to put widgets on the t.v. that will help viewers interact with their products in a web-browser like environment. T.V. stations want to add things like stock tickers, weather widgets, you name it, into their broadcasts to keep people from surfing channels in search of more indepth or on-demand content. CBS has the sports report on it & you need weather? No need to change the channel, just look at the sidebar or pop-up panel activated by your universal remote!
Can you imaging pop-up commercials? You're sitting there, watching a show & bloop - pop-up tampon ad!
Yeah, I'm a little peeved at this whole thing. The US Government says 'yes, we're converting all televisions to digital' & 'you've got to pay for the box that will let you view the new, improved t.v. stations'. Granted, in order to watch t.v. in the first place, you have to buy a t.v. - but nothing says you can't go out & buy some $10 b/w thing with a dial on it at someone's yard sale or swapmeet.
