I like to read the online version of the Washington Post, and there I was the other day when I ran across an article, or should I say, a column about high definition TVs (HDTV) or in other words, TVs which can receive digital signals and relay that signal without a separate converter.
What really shocked me is the moribund state of the networks and cable companies in terms of their digital broadcasts. By law, all broadcasts must be digital by sometime next year; however, very few channels seem to broadcasting digitally.
This really confuses me.
It confuses me because Japan has a similar law, but it will not go into effect until 2011, I believe. Japanese broadcasters have a longer time to wait until they must comply, but EVERY network in my area is already broadcasting digitally!
Why are the American companies so much slower than the Japanese ones, even though one would think that they have a greater motivation to do so, at least legally speaking?
I haven't a clue. It's very disappointing, however. As someone who was taught for years and years that America is the greatest country in the world, I find it frustrating when other countries can do simple things better than the U.S. can.
