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Digital Switch (Video Included)
The average american spends 30 hours every week in front of the television but many of the TVs you are watching on wont work at all.
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Posted by: Donna
Location: Dixon MO
on Apr 8, 2008 at 06:30 PM
I still have not received the 2 coupons I filed for in Feb 2008 Will I still get them please let me know what happened to them [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Jeff
Location: WIFR
on Mar 31, 2008 at 02:03 PM
James, I sent for my coupons in mid January and I just got them last week. (March 26th) I took awhile but I finally got them. They work like a debit card. You purchase you converter box, swipe the card and pay the diffeence. You'll end up paying about 10 dollars after the coupon. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: James
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
on Mar 5, 2008 at 08:12 PM
I still have not received the 2 cupons offered as of 3-5-08. Are they still coming? Please let me know. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Mary Wedel
Location: Freeport Illinois
on Feb 18, 2008 at 06:24 PM
We still have the option of not watching TV! It would take about 3 weeks to get through the withdrawl of TV addiction. Then we may start using our time figuring out what we were created for. What are we passionate about? Reading, Gardening, Visiting Family, Games with our kids, Crafts, Sewing, Canning, Caneing, Neighbors, Exercising, Cooking, Sewing, (add more to the list) [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Diane
Location: Rockford, IL
on Jan 7, 2008 at 12:58 PM
It's scary that the government sees fit to get involved with how we watch TV. I mean, how is this a government issue? Seems the next step for them would be what we watch. The only reason I can see that government would regulate this is the airspace involved. I don't know much about bandwidth and analog vs. digital, is the airspace too cluttered with analog signals...does analog require more airspace or bandwidth or whatever? [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: coco
Location: georgia
on Jan 4, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Converter boxes cost $179.00 to $400.00, if someone knows where we can buy a converter box for $50.00 please let me know. I read article, us gov. can sell analog waves to wireless communications for as much as $15billion. Congress has sold the american people out, they are giving tv stations money to go digital, $40.00 cupon is a joke for the people who live on Social Security/Meicaid/Poor. We will be left with NO TV. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: randy
Location: corsicana texas
on Dec 18, 2007 at 02:14 PM
i thought analog tv was allright just another way for the goverment to make money. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: mary
Location: columbus,ohio
on Dec 13, 2007 at 04:34 AM
This is just another way for Uncle Sam to monitor us and spend our money.America is "the new Russia". [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Answers to Questions
Location: WIFR - Engineering
on Nov 30, 2007 at 10:03 AM
You don't have to spend a lot of money to watch tv. Converter boxes will sell for $50 - $70. The government will allow you the opportunity to get 2 - $40 coupons that you can apply towards the purchase of a conveter box. If you choose to pay a cable company for TV services your analog TV will still work. If you get a converter box, your current TV antenna will work fine. Make sure you can receive VHF and UHF signals. A person's income has nothing to do with the governments decision to change TV standards to digital. They want to sell the bandwith that's created to other businesses. Supplying converter boxes to consumers is part of their strategy to get control of the airwaves (or bandwidth) An "old" TV is a TV without a digital tuner. Some of these TVs could be less than a year old. Before you buy any new TV make sure it has a digital tuner. Don't be confused by an "HD Ready" TV. Those are monitors that will display the resolution of HD but they still need a tuner. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Shane
Location: Beloit
on Nov 28, 2007 at 09:56 AM
Why should we have to pay hundreds or even thousands just to watch tv its bad enough that we have to pay so much for cable or other providers just to watch some shows. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Digital Switch
Location: Rockford IL
on Oct 25, 2007 at 11:36 PM
What if you have Insight Cable, will my 2000 to 2007 TV's work as they are? [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Pete
Location: Rockton
on Oct 25, 2007 at 12:28 PM
If no one can watch new TV then expect more people to go back to the old way of life before TV was around. This will be a blessing. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Gary
Location: Illinois
on Jul 31, 2007 at 10:09 AM
If I get a coverter box and plug it in will I still be able to use my rooftop antenna or do I have to subscribe to cable? [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: J
Location: Rockford
on Jul 30, 2007 at 09:03 AM
if someone is low income, then they should work on getting a higher income and not depend on others to get a converter. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: T
Location: Rockford
on Jul 8, 2007 at 11:06 AM
The cable company should have its own converter hooked up to their own system so low income families don't have to buy a converter box. [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: judy
Location: Dixon
on May 4, 2007 at 10:25 PM
I still don't understand. If I have cable TV I don't need to worry how old my TV is? I just may have to pay more? OR, I have to buy a new TV, or a box for my old TV? How old is OLD? [ Report Abuse ]
Posted by: Sharon
Location: Rockford
on May 4, 2007 at 09:43 PM
What about those of us who are on a low fixed income and can't afford the converter box - even at half price? Senior citizens and the disabled are getting rooked - again! [ Report Abuse ] |
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i use to push input on my tv to go to video 2 and watch my tape or dvd but, now since the switch on june 12th when i push input on my tv all i get is a bland screen with the word saying on signal.
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Anyone with an old antenna, you will need to get a new digital antenna also. Hooking up the converterbox will not make your antenna digital it will only make your tv.
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I bought and hooked up the converter box, it gets a few channels, however, when the local news comes on the signal stops and it says "restricted" on my tv. No local news when this switches over?? The other programs show fine - just not the local news. What is going on?
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My mother has a small tv in her kitchen with rabbit ears. I hooked up the digital converter box correctly but when scanning for channels, it doesn't find any. Do I need to get her an antenna that says it is for digital signals?
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I called the station this morning and talked to a very nice gentleman about not getting any channels once I did the scanning process. I do not have an outside antenna and I live in an apartment building on the ground floor which is partially underground. My window faces West and though I have pointed my antenna North/NorthEast toward your station I still have no luck. Maybe my rabbit ears aren't strong enough? What type of indoor antenna would you recommend in my case? Thank you very much for any help you could give.
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arron good job vith the video. I have hook up dtv boxes for 6 elderly friends if your video came out sooner they could have done it their self. keep up the good work don...........
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I'd like to know how people that are on a low income barely making ends meet as it is,trying to keep up with food,rent & utilities,will be able to afford the digital box or a new tv,when they are just surviving, If a tornado or anything bad was to happen,they won't know anything about it...they wouldn't be able to hear the news,I personally feel this is so unfair to people who can't afford cable,less knowing this digital box, Are they saposed to figure out which they should do without,like food,medicine,utilities,rent...in order to listen to or watch the local news ? Making everyone get these things to be able to watch the local news,somewhere, something would have to be let go, or they'll fall through the cracks...not knowing danger might lay ahead...What's going to happen to them that cannot afford this ? Even people who have lost their jobs & have no money to even keep up house payments each month,I feel this is the wrong time to do this,with the Economy the way it is...
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Will all the TV shows fill the TV screen or will some have the black space between the pitcher?
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could I replace my expired coupons? If so call me at 517-482-9726 or e-mail me at gracemiddaugh@sbcglobal.net It is due to a death out of state that I wasn't home to use them before it expired. THANKS.
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I think it is wrong to make people buy digetal tv. That is against all the legal rites
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Joan, The government mandated the digital TV switch so they can auction off the remaining bandwidth a television station uses to companies such as cell phone companies. To make this easier to understand, a digital signal takes up much less "space" than the current analog signal. You will still have the choice of paying for satellite or cable services or receiving free, over the air televison. Order your digital converter box coupon today at www.dtv2009.gov. With this coupon and a one time investment of around $10 you'll enjoy a beautiful picture, better sound and more channels.
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I can't help but wounder what the purpose (reasion) gov. is forceing digital, what's wrong with what we have now and having the choice to decide weather we what to pay the money for cable satilite. Or simply get the local chanels that we can get without paying for them. to my understanding the gov. has mandated this action. would simply like to know why? for what purpose? know people that simply like watching the news or local chanels and not paying all the expences. By doing what they are doing they don't have the choice from what is said, WHY?
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Frances, I don’t know what you mean by a “digital connection” on the back of your TV. The connections for digital are the same as analog. What you should be concerned about is whether your TV has a digital tuner or not. You should go to the main menu of your TV and perform a channel search. See if your set searched for digital channels. That should tell you right away if your TV has a digital tuner.
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I have a RCA TV with a digital connection on the back of the set, Am I ready for digital? My sister wants to know also if she will need a box for digital, she doesn't have a digital connection.
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I would think you’d get your coupons real soon. I ordered mine in January and received them a few weeks ago. There is another employee at the station that ordered hers in the beginning of February and she just received hers last weekend (April 5th).
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