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DTV Coupon Program Out of Money

Posted by timothy on from the time-to-nelson-laugh-at-the-government dept.

Thelasko writes "It appears that the US Government's digital converter box program is running out of money. If you sign up after the program runs out of money, you will receive your voucher if the program receives more funding. Older analog televisions will no longer work without a converter box after February 17."

2 of 591 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Why is the government even subsidizing this? by Lumpy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The rest goes to Dick Cheney's lawyer hunting reserve.

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  2. The "new channels" by British · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It seems the new channels you get with DTV are, um, boring. Isn't one of them a weather station, the others being just more PBS programming? No, I didn't expect Comedy Central, etc, but it seems there's no fun incentive to upgrade to digital. You know what, I won't even call it "upgrade". I'll just call it "switchover".