May
07
2008
07
2008
Analog TV ends in 286 days…
Posted under A Geek Dad's Life, Blog Posts- 286 days left before analog TV broadcasts go dark.
- 287 days left before your grandma notices.
Not sure if I care enough to blog about it. I’m just trying to figure out how to ‘game’ the government’s “digital converter box voucher system.”
According to a story from our local NBC affiliate:
The coupon looks like a gift card and is worth forty dollars towards the purchase of a converter box.
Digital converter boxes start at $49.99.
Maybe this is another (albeit covert) attempt to restart the economy!
Posted by Scott Fletcher
You know, I’ve been hearing about this for SSSOOO long now that I still won’t believe it when I hear it.
What I wonder is how many older people who don’t follow any of this (because it is way over their heads), will end up not getting any TV from their cable box on that day? Hopefully they would call the cable company to get it explained, but there is bound to be someone is going to have difficulty with this.
And I also don’t necessarily like the fact that you still have to pay $10 (plus tax) after the coupon to get it working right. There are a lot of people who are having trouble paying bills as it is, much less pay $10 for watching public TV. It’s not a lot to me, but I’m sure it is to others…
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