Comments on: Bye Bye, Rabbit Ears http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/ A Motorola Blog on Video, Voice, Data, Wireless and more! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: BeachGal http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-36 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:52:57 +0000 http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-36 I agree with MegaZone. A lot of people will have a digital/analog mix. Who wants to pay for another box (until we have to). I have an HDTV set up for my main great room tv with a high end DVR and HD set top box, a digital set top box for my second family room and two other tvs running off analog in bedrooms. After seeing my cable bill up to $160 for TV and high speed internet, I’ll be darned if I pay more for two more digital boxes. Not having the same features on all the tvs doesn’t bother me — yet.

]]> By: marimoto http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-33 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:52:50 +0000 http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-33 Kevin- You’re absolutely right. But the ubiquitous rabbit ears of the 1980s have turned over a lot of ground (air?) to cable and telco connections. Going digital doesn’t coincide with the disappearance of antennas, but it certainly feels like the end of an era.

To further denigrate my point, now it looks like set-tops main *gain* antennas. How retro…
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/03/20/cable_tv_embraces_an_old_foe_antenna/

]]> By: Kevin http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-32 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:10:59 +0000 http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-32 Antennas are going to be around for a long time. Analog does not equal rabbit ears. Those rabbit ears will just receive digital broadcasts. I use rabbit ears on an HDTV and it is better than cable. Free and in HD.

Google “over the air HD.”

]]> By: Go Buy a New TV « Connected Home 2 Go http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-28 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:46:15 +0000 http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-28 [...] 16th, 2007 · No Comments In case this month’s Rabbit Ears Ruling wasn’t enough, there are officially no more analog TVs that retailers can buy to sell.  Mark [...]

]]> By: marimoto http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-23 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:18:06 +0000 http://connectedhome2go.com/2007/03/13/bye-bye-rabbit-ears/#comment-23 A very good point. I doubt many people have the kind of set-up you’re talking about, but I can certainly imagine a digital set-top in one room with analog-only cable in other rooms. That said, I would think it would get frustrating to have certain features in some places and not in others. If we spent time anywhere but our living room, I’d be annoyed not to have DVR everywhere.

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