It happens: DTV transition delayed until June 12th

Yes, the ridiculous happened: for the 6% of the US population not ready for the transition or sitting around waiting for $40 vouchers, the Senate voted to delay the DTV transition until the 12th of June. Who knows if it will change again?

It’s confusing and frustrating for those of us in the HDTV and DTV community who want the improved picture and sound that will come from the transition, or those station who have already started to take down their analog equipment (which is more than a few).

Customers with expired vouchers can now request new ones, so that will be a good thing. It seems that those who haven’t acted by now, TV ain’t that important to them. This delay seems overly cautious, costly and unnecessary, in our eyes. But it’s happening. It still has to pass the House, which its expected to do, according to political reporters.

Hopefully, that date will stick and no more delays will happen.