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Originally Posted by 4691mls
Speaking of technology, authors don't seem to know about the change in over-the-air TV from analog to digital that happened in 2009 (I know because I had to get a converter box for my old TV). But authors wanting to make a point about how poor a character is or what a dump they are living in will say the character has an ancient TV with rabbit ears with no mention of it having a converter box, which is the only way such a TV could be used now.
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Broadcast translator stations (aka relays) for remote rural areas were exempt from the transition, and some continue to broadcast analog signals. Low-power and Class A stations were also exempt—after the mainstream stations went digital there was a station in New York that did nothing but broadcast YouTube videos. I thought it was amusing that one of the only stations in the city using analog broadcasts was using them for digital-age content. I’m not sure if they're still around or not.
But those things are almost never what these authors are referencing.