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DTV Converters In Short Supply

Posted by Soulskill on from the whose-plan-was-this-anyway dept.

Ponca City, We Love You writes with a New York Times story saying there could be a shortage of DTV converter boxes in addition to the problem with coupons. "At the current rate of coupon redemption, 115,000 per day, plus sales without coupons, that means the current stock of converters could be sold out by the end of this month. So what would have happened if the whole digital transition worked the way it was supposed to? Many of those 3.7 million people would be marching into their local Radio Shack and Best Buy stores trying to buy converter boxes next weekend right before the scheduled cutoff on Feb. 17. And if the electronics association's numbers are right, the boxes would have sold out." Good thing the extended cut-off date was approved.

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  1. you stupid idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nanny nanny boo boo to all those who are SCREWED because of this. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I am glad that you stupid people are SCREWED because of this. Because you people are stupid. Retarded. Dumb. Idiotic. Fucked up in the head. You are so stupid that a broken rock contains significantly more intelligence than your head. You are garbage. You are trash. Nanny nanny boo boo. Ha ha ha ha ha. You stupid fuck garbage trash stupid fuck.

  2. Re:Why are we going in debt over CONVERTER BOXES? by flajann · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, it means "whoever controls the government".

    Ah,you prove my point!!!

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  3. F*&K those people.. by Rytr23 · · Score: 0, Troll

    If they can't afford a digital television, then they'd probably be better off without one for a while. What are they going to do? Riot? over TV?

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