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01-03-2008, 03:10 PM | #1 | |||
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Hi,
On Jan 1, the US government started giving out coupons for people to buy a converter for their televisions. In Feb 2009 all TV broadcasts will be digital. If you have cable or satellite or whatnot, your service provider is supposed to give you a converter. If you have rabbit ears like I do, you have to buy your own converter. The gov coupon is worth 40.00. But I don't know if the stores are actually carrying the converters yet -- I haven't called around to check. http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200801..._pe/digital_tv Quote:
some history: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...ns_Act_of_1996 =-=-=-=-=-=- Addition: I just called the phone number and gave my info to a voice recognition system. The voice says that I will get two coupons in mid to late February 2008. The convertors will be available in certain stores in mid to late February as well. Here is the gov web site -- http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html#faq4 Last edited by Mari; 01-03-2008 at 03:34 PM. |
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01-03-2008, 05:28 PM | #2 | |||
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Per usual I am confused.
Ok, I have cable, so therefore they will give me a converter, I bet there will be a charge too. Now people that don't have cable and have to buy this coverter box, will now have digital TV, so what is the difference between digital cable and digital TV? Sorry, just not with it. Nikko |
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01-03-2008, 05:38 PM | #3 | |||
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It's very confusing! We also have cable but will need a box for all the TV's in the house...one box doesn't get it!
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01-03-2008, 05:41 PM | #4 | |||
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I also called for the coupons.
Nikko |
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01-03-2008, 06:24 PM | #5 | |||
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Senior Member
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I read more and I think I understand it now.
I assume eventually we will all need to have HDTV, as to buy new TV's in the future after 2009 at some point. Ahhhhhhhhh always something. Nikko |
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01-03-2008, 07:20 PM | #6 | |||
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Legendary
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Hi, Nikko,
We don't have to buy new televisions if we have analog. (And some of us already have the right kind of tv -- but I can't figure how a person knows that.) The convertor boxes will take care of converting the digital signal to our analog televisions. The cable companies are not effected by the law exactly the way that the broad cast stations are. So each cable company will be handling this differently. Here is what the gov page says about cable: Quote:
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01-03-2008, 07:24 PM | #7 | |||
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Thank you, Mari..........for taking the time to explain it better to me. I appreciate it.
I have trouble concentrating and focusing lately. Lots of HugsNikko |
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01-03-2008, 07:31 PM | #8 | |||
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Legendary
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Nikko,
No problem at all. I'm having a hard time understanding this too. It's ok. Here is what Comcast says on one of their sites: http://www.comcast.com/Customers/FAQ...ls.ashx?Id=102 Quote:
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01-03-2008, 08:05 PM | #9 | |||
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It sounds like you only need to request the coupons if you use any kind of antenna to get TV channels.
If you have satellite or cable TV for all of your TVs you should be OK. your provider will provide it if anything is needed. [The first 22 million coupons will go to all households that request them. That includes a residence that gets cable service for one television but has a spare TV that still uses an antenna, for example. The rest of the coupons, however, are meant only for those who do not subscribe to a pay-television service. The Nielsen Co. estimates that 14.3 million households, or about 13 percent of the 112.8 million total television households in the nation, rely on over-the-air television broadcasts for programming.] Congress ordered the transition to digital broadcasting to make more efficient use of the publicly owned airwaves. http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200801..._pe/digital_tv and more info http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html
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01-03-2008, 08:25 PM | #10 | ||
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