On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:11:23 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

(b) Sheep are responsive to marketing.


Exactly! Why do you think we've had digital/HD TV
for 11 years now? Govt and the manufacturers created
a 'need' for flatter, higher-res TVs! The old system
worked so well, it wasn't making the industry any money.

The government wanted the VHF TV band back, along with half of the UHF
band. They can squeeze a lot more programming in a narrower bandwidth
with digital.