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It's official: No one cares!
Well, it's official: no one (outside of us TV nuts) seems to care one way or the other -- or even know -- that analog TV broadcasting will end tomorrow. We had planned a big blowout "Farewell" party at our museum with TVs from every era of NTSC - and before - represented, all tuned to the New York stations. (Thanks to all of you who volunteered the use of your sets!)
It would have been the biggest and dare I say best farewell party anywhere in these parts. And not one station was interested in giving it even thirty seconds coverage.
So rather than put up the deep fringe antenna and truck in a bunch of sets, we downgraded the festivities and will be having beer and pretzels in front of an "iffy" CTC-5!
It will be interesting to see how many people do end up caring after their sets stop working. Although I'm cranky enough to want to see a real revolt, I suspect this will all just go out with a whimper.
--Dave Sica
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