On 10 Sep 2008 at 10:03, John Williams wrote:
> Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > Is it digital-ready? As I've mentioned before,
> > one way of looking at that is as a way that the
> > manufacturers of the equipment and the providers
> > of programming have come up with to get some more
> > money out of those who have been living too long
> > with a perfectly adequate (for them)
> > over-eight-year-old TV with rabbit ears or a
> > rooftop antenna which were long ago paid for.
>
> Are you aware that HD broadcasts ("digital") are available
> and can be received by an old rooftop antenna? If you do
> not have a digital TV, you can get a digital/analog converter
> box. In fact, the FCC was offering a $40 rebate to anyone
> purchasing such a box (I think the deal may be over now,
> but you can check with a web search). I remember at one
> point there was a converter box that sold for $40, so with
> the rebate people could get the box for no out-of-pocket
> cost.
Yes, and you get what you pay for - in reviews, that box scored
considerably lower than analogue TV.
AndrewC
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