Just in case there is some confusion amidst my loyal readership, only a small proportion of the American public needs to worry about the transition to digital TV on February 18, 2009. While it seems like everybody is scrambling to get their hands on one of these $40 coupons from the government to help pay for a digital converter box, you don't need a box (or a coupon) if you have satellite or cable TV. You only need the box if you receive television signals through rabbit-ear antennas (kind of like the TV pictured above). And the Nielsen Co. estimates that that is only about 13 percent of the total television households in the nation (and that figure seems to high to me). But for the rest of us, we don't need those new boxes. So, don't print out a coupon. And don't waste your money on a box. You've been warned.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
No more boxes for my TV . . .
Just in case there is some confusion amidst my loyal readership, only a small proportion of the American public needs to worry about the transition to digital TV on February 18, 2009. While it seems like everybody is scrambling to get their hands on one of these $40 coupons from the government to help pay for a digital converter box, you don't need a box (or a coupon) if you have satellite or cable TV. You only need the box if you receive television signals through rabbit-ear antennas (kind of like the TV pictured above). And the Nielsen Co. estimates that that is only about 13 percent of the total television households in the nation (and that figure seems to high to me). But for the rest of us, we don't need those new boxes. So, don't print out a coupon. And don't waste your money on a box. You've been warned.
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http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20080101/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/digital_tv
Perhaps Mr. Blondie spends too much time at work perusing the internet . . .
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