posted on January 3, 2008 04:28:10 PM new
TV goes 100% digital 2/18/09
The government is giving away coupons for 40.00 off on a converter box & you can get one even if you already have digital TV.
There is a limit as to how many they are giving away & I think you have 90 days to use it so sign up right away.
The coupons are for people who do not have digital & also for those that do, but have a spare TV using an antenna.
posted on January 3, 2008 04:47:07 PM new
I wonder how many folks are still wiggling rabbit ears every night? Can't be that many. Wonder if they still get Jack Benny and The Honeymooners?
posted on January 3, 2008 04:50:31 PM new
As I understand it, it won't work on anything other than over-the-air signals, i.e., what you receive with an antenna.
I have one last non-digital TV, in the guest bedroom. It worked fine with cable, but I haven't even bothered hooking it up since we switched to Verizon FIOS. Maybe I should try it with an antenna, but I don't think it will work. Although we're close to NYC, the signal around here is screwy.
posted on January 3, 2008 06:14:24 PM new
We still have two little used TVs on antennas. One by my computer that I watch once in a blue moon and one in my office that I watch while I am filing slides. Guess I could live with out either of them if I need to.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on January 4, 2008 04:59:39 AM new
I do 3 antique shows a year that we stay in our camper 10 days each show. I will need one for that thanks for posting it.
