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The two converter coupons I received are in the form of a credit card with an expiration date of 05-27-08. The attached cardboard gave specific models at specific stores like Radio Shack and Best Buy. Are there any converters in the stores yet? Are they rated by Consumer Reports?
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In preparation for the digital changeover in February 2009, I contacted the maker of my 2004 Sharp LCD television and was told my set could only receive analog, not digital, programming. I could buy a converter box which, after a $40 rebate from the government, will cost about $20. We ...
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I'm personally afraid of the all-digital transition. I live out in the country; about 40 miles away from the broadcasting stations and the digital signals coming to our house seem to just barely hang on. I have a Terk HDTV antenna and a converter box. We still plan to watch ...
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Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) with digital tuners may not respond as a converter for older analog TVs if an RF Modulator is needed for the TV to DVR connection. In my experience, it didn't respond with an old 1982 RCA. The DVR unit's recording function is lost via the RF ...
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It would seem nobody wants to address the fact that thousands of people with portable TVs are going to be out of luck when the switch to digital TV happens. Everyone will wait until the first major power outage or disaster and people won't be able to get information from ...
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