Comments on: Nielsen Executives Discuss The DTV Transition http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/nielsen-executives-discuss-the-dtv-transition/ Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Norman Elliss http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/nielsen-executives-discuss-the-dtv-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-4761 Norman Elliss Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:44:37 +0000 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=7265#comment-4761 We are on the fringe area. Our antenna will not pick up the weaker hd stations. we could pick up about 10 stations analog only 4 or 5 hd. our 2 tvs are both new. So now we got dish and it's costing us over 40 dollars a month for over a hundred channels that we don't want. And we can't get the Topeka stations we watched the most. Norman Elliss We are on the fringe area. Our antenna will not pick up the weaker hd stations. we could pick up about 10 stations analog only 4 or 5 hd. our 2 tvs are both new. So now we got dish and it’s costing us over 40 dollars a month for over a hundred channels that we don’t want. And we can’t get the Topeka stations we watched the most.

Norman Elliss

]]> By: Patrick McKelvey http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/nielsen-executives-discuss-the-dtv-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-4711 Patrick McKelvey Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:17:13 +0000 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=7265#comment-4711 This mandatory switch is a genuine hardship for a lot of people who, for whatever reason, do not subscribe to a satellite or cable provider. Those people don't know what they are missing, of course, when all they can get on their TVs are the drive-by networks. For people on fixed incomes, especially the older population with just Social Security, meeting increased costs for everything - including necessities like food and water - this "conversion" is an unnecessary downer. And for some it's their only recreation. This mandatory switch is a genuine hardship for a lot of people who, for whatever reason, do not subscribe to a satellite or cable provider. Those people don’t know what they are missing, of course, when all they can get on their TVs are the drive-by networks. For people on fixed incomes, especially the older population with just Social Security, meeting increased costs for everything – including necessities like food and water – this “conversion” is an unnecessary downer. And for some it’s their only recreation.

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