Reply #17: why?

[mamameow]

why do we have to switch to digital? just to get a better picture? who profits from this switch? i'll tell you and this comes from a friend in the fcc, the companies who will sell new t.v.s, the manufactures of the adapter box, the cable/satellite companies. what are our benefits, a better picture when you can get it. the down side, you buy a new t.v., you continue paying through the nose for cable/satellite. for older people who cares about the better picture, we don't have the money. i look at the new t.v.s in shops and cannot see any better picture on digital. i think the hype has brainwashed people into thinking the picture is better. just another program to force americans to support companies when they do not want to. when i cannot afford the satellite service it will stop, right now i cannot get local channels and will not get an adapter. f___ them!!!