the digital conspiracy

[TNT race photo]

I have some of my own theories as to why brodcasters must switch from an analog tv signal to digital,is it a world wide conspiracy to track are viewing habits, maybe its a military thing,I know its not becaus our government thinks we deserve a better quality tv signal ,whats your theories?

[Mike @ pit b]

Corporations. As of July first us Californians must have a wireless device to talk on the phone and drive at the same time. It's not the fact that people can't drive and talk at the same time, it's the idea that you can't drive with only one hand. BS

I had a phone that wasn't bluetooth compatible and was forced to buy one that is. I actually broke the other phone, it was 5 yrs. young and I miss it. My old phone was so simple to use too. My new razr2 is a pain in the butt.

[Steve0]

Corporations. As of July first us Californians must have a wireless device to talk on the phone and drive at the same time. It's not the fact that people can't drive and talk at the same time, it's the idea that you can't drive with only one hand. BS

I had a phone that wasn't bluetooth compatible and was forced to buy one that is. I actually broke the other phone, it was 5 yrs. young and I miss it. My old phone was so simple to use too. My new razr2 is a pain in the butt.

The law states you have to be "hands free" not wireless. You could have bought a wired headset for your old phone.

[Infidel Racing Team]

Your conspiracy theory requires that the TV sets have some way of feeding back info to some place to track the viewing habits.....that system is hard to sneak up without anyone noticing it right away....
If you want to push a conspiracy theory , I rather think they wanted to throw an incentive to the electronic industry by changing the standards to better ones.

[la2baja]

My theory.... Orwell was right! Big Brother is now in complete control.

[Laurie]

Yea, big brother is watching, it just took about 13 years longer than he thought.

I have often wondered if they have feed back of what we watch. Since the are
able to tell us how many viewers watched a program, they have to have a way
of tracking that.

[pjc]

I have some of my own theories as to why brodcasters must switch from an analog tv signal to digital,is it a world wide conspiracy to track are viewing habits, maybe its a military thing,I know its not becaus our government thinks we deserve a better quality tv signal ,whats your theories?

There is no return path to on Digital TV to tell anyone what you are watching.

The primary motivator for change from Analog to Digital is for better use of the RF spectrum. Digital signal and media compression technology continues to advance while analog compression methods have been exhausted.

[bajafox]

My brother has a device on his tv that sends back what he watches and gets paid for it, has anyone heard of that?

[Infidel Racing Team]

My brother has a device on his tv that sends back what he watches and gets paid for it, has anyone heard of that?

PPV......but opposite...lol

[la2baja]

My brother has a device on his tv that sends back what he watches and gets paid for it, has anyone heard of that?


Since PJC had to ruin my Orwellian conspirecy theory ;)

It is a Nielsen box. The ratings you see for television is done by the Nielsen company. They have a 2 way box that monitors the TV every time it is turned on. You can volunteer for this. They will pay your cable bill to be able to see your viewing habits. The ratings are a generalization. When someone says they had 50 million viewers. That is an average. Nielsen has a complete documentation of who is in the house, age, marital status, kids, (how many? Their ages?) ethnicity, location... A typical bio. Each house hold with a nielsen box represents X amount of viewers in their demographic.

[Let's go off roading]

My brother has a device on his tv that sends back what he watches and gets paid for it, has anyone heard of that?


I have. How much does he make and how do you sign up for that?

[Mike @ pit b]

The law states you have to be "hands free" not wireless. You could have bought a wired headset for your old phone.

Yeah, but then I would just look like a dork;):D. The other one was on it's last legs and didn't have any voice recognition thingamajigs.

Now I look hip and cool..... and totally clueless. But at least I look what I know what I'm doing.:D

Mike

[bajafox]

Since PJC had to ruin my Orwellian conspirecy theory ;)

It is a Nielsen box. The ratings you see for television is done by the Nielsen company. They have a 2 way box that monitors the TV every time it is turned on. You can volunteer for this. They will pay your cable bill to be able to see your viewing habits. The ratings are a generalization. When someone says they had 50 million viewers. That is an average. Nielsen has a complete documentation of who is in the house, age, marital status, kids, (how many? Their ages?) ethnicity, location... A typical bio. Each house hold with a nielsen box represents X amount of viewers in their demographic.

That seems correct, his box has labels and when his gf is watching she pushes a button that it's her watching, when he's watching the same and I think it has one for when they're both watching it.

I have. How much does he make and how do you sign up for that?

This is in Calexico and I just noticed it one day and asked him what it was, I wouldn't really know how to go about getting one for yourself.:confused: I can call and ask him if you want

[Steve0]

Yeah, but then I would just look like a dork;):D. The other one was on it's last legs and didn't have any voice recognition thingamajigs.

Now I look hip and cool..... and totally clueless. But at least I look what I know what I'm doing.:D

Mike

I have a wireless thingy and I still look like a dork;) I dont think there is any device in the world that can fix that. Oh..I am also totally clueless.

[Mike @ pit b]

I think everyone on RDC needs to get a Nielsen box so the off-road racing on tv can jump in the ratings. Better racing coverage equals more sponsorships.

Now that is a conspiracy I can get behind.

[TNT race photo]

There is no return path to on Digital TV to tell anyone what you are watching.

The primary motivator for change from Analog to Digital is for better use of the RF spectrum. Digital signal and media compression technology continues to advance while analog compression methods have been exhausted.

I think we all realize the technical benefits of digital, However their has to be more to it than that, the surplus analog signals must be worth billions some will profit and some will lose.who is involved big brother, walmart, freemasons ,it all smells fishy to me.

[TNT race photo]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e1a_1226774570 funny I can see my grandmother now,ring ring timmy whats a digital?

[Kartman]

I have some of my own theories as to why brodcasters must switch from an analog tv signal to digital,is it a world wide conspiracy to track are viewing habits, maybe its a military thing,I know its not becaus our government thinks we deserve a better quality tv signal ,whats your theories?

You can stop them with one of these.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r263/Seulman/tinfoilhat.jpg

[DEZERTSUB]

That's how you stop 'em right Kartman???:D:D:D

[Kartman]

I use the steel viking helmet, it works even better.

[pjc]

I have some of my own theories as to why brodcasters must switch from an analog tv signal to digital,is it a world wide conspiracy to track are viewing habits, maybe its a military thing,I know its not becaus our government thinks we deserve a better quality tv signal ,whats your theories?

Dude! Your Digital TV does not transmit signals back to *anywhere*.

[hyoctane303]

its so they can send subliminal messages,duh:eek::eek::eek:


:D




kinda creepy

[Alex Paterson]

At 10 am Skynet became self aware!

-Alex

[Mike @ pit b]

At 10 am Skynet became self aware!

-Alex

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA



I thought Sarah And John stopped it.

[TNT race photo]

At 10 am Skynet became self aware!

-Alex Now thats funny, I think this is nothing but a money grab for the government, comunication lobbyest and the electronic manuf industry,Its only going to cost you $40 bucks now but in few years we will pay to receive the same signal ( the conspiracy eliminate free tv) and sell the analog signal to big business (walmart), If you dont think its possible for advertisers or government to know what you watch and when, what about your cell phone you recive text and advertising ,When you register the box advertisers will know who you are,check nielson the black box or arbitron for radio . Im not against digital I just dont like it forced on me let the consumers decide. Its a scam!!.next year when your in the dez and you crank up the antenna on the RV guna watch some football oh...dang! .....PS.kartman I tried the hat didnt work but my tv comes in better now:)

[MattV]

I have some of my own theories as to why brodcasters must switch from an analog tv signal to digital,is it a world wide conspiracy to track are viewing habits, maybe its a military thing,I know its not becaus our government thinks we deserve a better quality tv signal ,whats your theories?

The actual reason, according to the law, is to free up additional frequencies for public safety (police and fire).

[TNT race photo]

just a few more hours tell this all goes down, I am forecasting stupidity .....

[FlyHiFlyLo]

I hope everything blows up on CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS...

[Mark Newhan]

You can stop them with one of these.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r263/Seulman/tinfoilhat.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwVYz76J5wQ&feature=related:D

[klaus]

I get digital HD TV over the air with a DVR.
There is no way it transmits any data anywhere.

Ohh yeah its free also for all basic channels and I get my premium content via Hulu/Boxee (http://www.boxee.tv/) or torrents.
I also get my European TV content free of charge from an Online DVR service (http://www.onlinetvrecorder.com/) or via Zattoo (http://zattoo.com/)(VPN required) .

Internet killed the TV a long time ago.

[Randy Spiker]

Internet killed the TV a long time ago.
You mean like "video killed the radio star"? :D

[klaus]

yes and music, telephony (telco landlines), newspaper & magazines. As more bandwidth becomes available to the masses TV and video is next.

[bajafox]

Wont be long before we get to watch races live on RDC :D

[CrunchyM5K]

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z174/shoeman121/its_a_conspiracy.jpg


I haven't looked at where the converter boxes are made, but like most thing in America they where probably made in china. So I kind of wonder if the push to go digital and the government coupons were funded by china, knowing they would make a profit off the converter boxes.

[Chris Tobin]

I have some of my own theories as to why brodcasters must switch from an analog tv signal to digital,is it a world wide conspiracy to track are viewing habits, maybe its a military thing,I know its not becaus our government thinks we deserve a better quality tv signal ,whats your theories?

There is no return path to on Digital TV to tell anyone what you are watching.

The primary motivator for change from Analog to Digital is for better use of the RF spectrum. Digital signal and media compression technology continues to advance while analog compression methods have been exhausted.

I think we all realize the technical benefits of digital, However their has to be more to it than that, the surplus analog signals must be worth billions some will profit and some will lose.who is involved big brother, walmart, freemasons ,it all smells fishy to me.

Now thats funny, I think this is nothing but a money grab for the government, comunication lobbyest and the electronic manuf industry,Its only going to cost you $40 bucks now but in few years we will pay to receive the same signal ( the conspiracy eliminate free tv) and sell the analog signal to big business (walmart), If you dont think its possible for advertisers or government to know what you watch and when, what about your cell phone you recive text and advertising ,When you register the box advertisers will know who you are,check nielson the black box or arbitron for radio . Im not against digital I just dont like it forced on me let the consumers decide. Its a scam!!.next year when your in the dez and you crank up the antenna on the RV guna watch some football oh...dang! .....PS.kartman I tried the hat didnt work but my tv comes in better now:)

The actual reason, according to the law, is to free up additional frequencies for public safety (police and fire).

I think the whole thing comes down to $$$$$ like most everything the mighty dollar is the driving factor!!! By moving the stations from their current frequencies the govt. can lease these frequencies to other industries and with new technology they can make more money off the same amount of frequencies because they can compress more signal into the same bandwidth...

Thats my theory... no conspiracy just good ole greed!!!:eek: