On 4/24/08, Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >What else is like this... endless "upgrades" to convince people that > > > >their > > > >perfectly good old product is obsolete? > > > > > > Digital TV, frex? > > > > Isn't digital TV an entirely new product? Or are you suggesting > >everyone has cable already so it is pointless? > > Nope. I'm talking about people like Nick's little old lady, whom > (I'm guessing) does not have cable (If not her specifically, there > are millions like her who don't.) and who has to sometime in the next > 9.5 months make another trip to the store and fork over part of her > Social Security check to buy at least a converter box (not free even > with the coupons) if she wants to keep watching the news or > whatever.
I guess I am just used to living in a country where the const of conversion is trivial compared to the ongoing costs of watching television. You are that it is the enforced obselence of something that works perfectly well (analogue TV.) However, I'm right in that digital TV is a pretty substantially different product. I think I'd also draw the distinction between a government doing something with a clear public policy aim and a corporation doing something to sell more razors. Martin _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
