Never has the TV been so worried about something.
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Judging from the TV that I actually do happen to see, it looks like the TV broadcast stations are really really worried (much more so then the viewers) over this, and they will probably sort thing out for folks. I imagine the warning will become more desperate as time goes on, and perhaps just before the switch there will be all sorts of how to's for the do it yourselfers and phone numbers to call for assistance. As worried as they seem to me they may even go as far as to hand these boxes out to people and give away installation coupons.
Ultimately anyone who's been living under a rock not to know whats coming will probably not miss losing their tv at all.
And on a side not, I thought the old lady was great, put her in a movie or something.
My birthday is the 18th of February, considering the time difference between Australia and America, my birthday present will be the bewilderment of millions of old and/or technologically inept Americans; and the subsequent tech support and abuse phone calls. Anyone got popcorn?
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What is the best box to get?
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Anonymous Coward
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The coupons are only for like $20, right? And you're limited to certain stores (not online, correct?). I can't imagine that will buy anything very good.
I know a few people who are using DTV boxes that totally suck. Maybe all DTV sucks. The quality is off and on, sound goes out a lot, etc. DTV sucks if you ask me. I would rather watch a crappy analog signal than get no signal at all with the digital shit.
Re:What is the best box to get?
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JCSoRocks
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I think the coupons are for $40. At least that's what the ads on public broadcasting say. As for quality, well, DTV works like all things digital... either you're getting a signal or you're not. It's not like analog where you can sort of kind of get a picture. With digital if you're not getting enough of a signal to show the picture you're not going to see the picture. So people that were getting 3 good channels and 5 crappy ones probably aren't going to see the 5 crappy ones anymore unless they buy a bigger antennae... which is kind of lame. The over-the-air HD channels that you get for free are nice though...
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Re:What is the best box to get?
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geekoid
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And they may only get 2 'good' ones.
The whole thing is lame. Forcing people to move to digital is just a subsidy for broadcaster, Digital box makers, and TV manufacturers. Gah.
Plus I got my 40 dollar off card* but no one had Digital converters. Then when they got them, mine had expired. The good news being, when the cards run out, the price will drop to 20 bucks anyways. I mean there REALLY simple to make.
*Yeah I don't like it but my tax dollars went into the subsidy, so I am going to use it..well, in this case NOT use it.
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Judging from the TV that I actually do happen to see, it looks like the TV broadcast stations are really really worried (much more so then the viewers) over this, and they will probably sort thing out for folks. I imagine the warning will become more desperate as time goes on, and perhaps just before the switch there will be all sorts of how to's for the do it yourselfers and phone numbers to call for assistance. As worried as they seem to me they may even go as far as to hand these boxes out to people and give away installation coupons.
Ultimately anyone who's been living under a rock not to know whats coming will probably not miss losing their tv at all.
And on a side not, I thought the old lady was great, put her in a movie or something.
My birthday is the 18th of February, considering the time difference between Australia and America, my birthday present will be the bewilderment of millions of old and/or technologically inept Americans; and the subsequent tech support and abuse phone calls. Anyone got popcorn?
Admit it. You post strawman arguments as AC so you get modded Insightful for refuting them, rather than Troll
The coupons are only for like $20, right? And you're limited to certain stores (not online, correct?). I can't imagine that will buy anything very good.
I know a few people who are using DTV boxes that totally suck. Maybe all DTV sucks. The quality is off and on, sound goes out a lot, etc. DTV sucks if you ask me. I would rather watch a crappy analog signal than get no signal at all with the digital shit.