If your mains are out, one second of video is worth thousands of seconds of audio. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Cliff Benham Enviado el: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:09 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: News: DTV Converter Box announcements Craig Birkmaier wrote: > > As for power failures, you might consider radio...it get's us through > Hurricane's (and their aftermath) here in Florida. As pointed out this is a BIG miss. Certainly not enough thought about consumer safety was given to the transition. People in the path of a hurriacne will want to see the radar images they normally have access to so they can make decisions about protecting their property and themselves. Radio provides essential information but images convey far more than radio can in an emergency. One picture is worth a thousand words and that's 30 pictures per second. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.