Since the VOOM debacle, its time we realized that as long as we allow providers to repackage SD programming unchanged and sell it as HD, we will continue to get screwed.
This is about truth in advertising and we need to demand a change.
I am writing my congressional reps, and the FCC, asking that providers cannot promote or offer a channel and sell it as HD unless it includes at least 75% true HD content, at least 1080i. Remastering from low def video tape should not count, nor should commercials count as part of a channel's HD content.
Now, this may not have a snowball's chance, but at least it is something we can do.
This, along with cutting back on our programming purchases to let provider's know you are not satisfied with their slight of hand efforts to deceive us, may make them realize we are not as gullible as they think we are. !protest
This is about truth in advertising and we need to demand a change.
I am writing my congressional reps, and the FCC, asking that providers cannot promote or offer a channel and sell it as HD unless it includes at least 75% true HD content, at least 1080i. Remastering from low def video tape should not count, nor should commercials count as part of a channel's HD content.
Now, this may not have a snowball's chance, but at least it is something we can do.
This, along with cutting back on our programming purchases to let provider's know you are not satisfied with their slight of hand efforts to deceive us, may make them realize we are not as gullible as they think we are. !protest