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Offline RobJohnson

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Hawaii switching to digital TV early for the birds
« on: November 11, 2008, 01:30:14 AM »
HONOLULU – Hawaii will switch to digital TV faster than the rest of the country to make way for an endangered, volcano-dwelling bird.

Most of the state will switch to digital TV on Jan. 15, more than a month ahead of the nationwide mandatory conversion Feb. 17. Federal wildlife officials recommended hastening the transition so that the Hawaiian petrel's nesting season on the slopes of Maui's Haleakala volcano won't be disrupted by the destruction of the old analog transmission towers nearby.


Interesting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_re_us/digital_transition_bird

The pay tv companies have got to be loving all of this transition, I am sure they are gaining alot of new subscribers out of "fear"

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Offline Wineslob

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Re: Hawaii switching to digital TV early for the birds
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2008, 12:27:30 PM »
Actually I don't blame them. Most of the birds you see on the islands are not native. Very, very few native birds are left, and I can see where anything that might help preserve whats left should be done.
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