Television in the Present (Wednesday, December 21st, 2016)

Bare with me, this blog is different! We have now fast-fowarded eight years in the future. Don't let today's date fool you, the time change has still not caught up to us! It's really Wednesday, Decmeber, 21st, 2016! I probably wouldn't even be writing on this outdated machine and blog site, but it's all I can afford! The economy has gotten so much better, but it took years after 2008 to get the economy to where it is now! On the flip side, everything is so expensive. Electronics are still the biggest and most expensive ticket items. But, most of these are brand-new electronics that you wouldn't have even imagined in 2008! Retail stores are selling your year's digital televisions now for the price of VCRs back then. Digital televisions have became the norm, especially after the digital switch-over in 2009 (which I still think was a scam!) The digital televisions that have been introduced the last couple of years are much different than in 2008. There is no more need for Tivo, all digital televisions have Tivo built into the system. That means you can record, watch, and rewind your favorite shows without the need for an extra box. Remote-controls are also a thing of the past, all digital televisions are voice-activated. All you need to say is "On", then "Channel 44" or even just "Vh1"!

The television shows have gotten much clearer as well! Digital clarity was okay in 2009, for it's time, but just two years ago, there were more changes made to the the digital reception that made it even clearer! Now it really looks like you're looking through a window! It's a good thing they made the reception even clearer because now we can clearly (no pun intended) see the changes made during the Television Quality Act of 2014! The act was signed into policy by President Obama (yes, he's still president)that gave all crappy "reality" shows including cooking, dating, celebrity, and shows for your dog, walking papers. That means that shows like: "Celebrity Rehab", "The Hiltons" and "Date My Grandma" no longer exist on network or cable channels. The act required that each network relinquish all their reality shows and restructure their networks so they could bring back quality dramas and sitcoms. Sitcoms are no longer the forgotten, otudated dinosaur of a genre. They are now just as provocative as dramas television shows are, except of course, a lot funnier! This all means only one thing, television is finally back and worth watching again!