"...the All-Channel Receiver Act of 1962 rescued the failing video technology of its day, UHF-TV. This legislation, mandating that TV sets sold after Jan. 1, 1964, be equipped with an 82-channel tuner, "made UHF broadcasting a viable business," a trade journal dutifully reported following the FCC's digital tuner mandate. "
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http://www.slate.com/id/2071935/
Money for Nothing
The FCC is forcing you to buy digital TV tuners that may not even work.
By Thomas Hazlett
Posted Monday, Oct. 7, 2002, at 11:07 AM ET
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