"Matt J. McCullar" hath wroth:

I was browsing through a Goodwill thrift store in Interstate 20 a bit east
of Abilene, TX last week and one of the first things I saw for sale there
was a portable TV set. It looked like recent manufacture, but on top of the
set, right in plain sight where no one could help seeing it, was a big
sticker telling any potential owners that analog TV broadcasting will cease
in February 2009 and that the set would no longer be able to receive TV
signals after that. My guess is that Goodwill wants to head off a stampede
of angry customers when the Big Switch occurs. Seems like all thrift shops
should do this or something similar.

FCC 15.117(k) requires posting such a sign if they are selling analog
receivers.

http://sujan.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2007/15/117/
(k) The following requirements apply to all responsible parties,
as defined in Sec. 2.909 of this chapter, and any person that
displays or offers for sale or rent television receiving equipment
that is not capable of receiving, decoding and tuning digital
signals.

(1) Such parties and persons shall place conspicuously and in
close proximity to such television broadcast receivers a sign
containing, in clear and conspicuous print, the Consumer Alert
disclosure text required by paragraph (k)(3) of this section.
(etc...)

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Jeff Liebermann
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Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
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