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Originally Posted by Rudey
If you have cable, you should be fine. If you have no cable or satellite and you're receiving your signal "over the air" with an antenna, you'll need a converter which will be pretty cheap and the government will even probably give you a subsidy. You will be fine.
Here: http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html
-Rudey |
Most of what you say is correct and we're pretty much saying the same thing. However "cheap" is a relative term for those on fixed incomes.
The TV set manufacturers have salivated over this change for years because of the change in aspect ratio (explained above). They believe, probably correctly, that most everyone is going to buy a 16x9 set. That's a lot of sets.
As for the government auctioning off spectrum space for "my/our" benefit, you have more faith in Washington than I do.
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