any you nogs bought a dtv converter yet?
 

seeing as my precious analog tv will not be visible in about 6 months i am looking for a good dtv to analog converter, what have you guys bought and hows it working.
I've seen a lot of conflicting views on different boxes as far as picture quality/signal reception/ ect

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got two havent used them yet, but has a digital hookup for r/b/y and s video made by apex. i got digital cable so as far as im concerned the boxes are a last resort.

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I just realized I was int he 21st century and got a digital TV. You can go to a pawn shop and get a decent digital TV for a few hundred bucks. :1

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I just applied for the govt coupons today.

I am getting two $40 coupons. So the question is, what do these things cost in the store?

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Just get a new TV. If you have an old ass tv and no cable, then life sucks.

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If you have a satellite or cable box, you won't need it.

You'll only need it for over the air broadcasts.

I got those coupons but will never buy a old skool tv, and I don't really watch tv.

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people still watch over the air tv? isnt there only like 3 channels for that ----?

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I get like 8. I dropped my cable I never have time to watch tv with my work schedule. Only time I take a break is to watch Letterman/Ferguson late night which I pickup clear has day with my 100 ft off speaker wiring running up to the roof

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I have sat TV and a big ass LCD.

This is for the grandparents

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farmer five ----------er O0
im poor and over the air is all i get, does the converter box allow you to see the subchannels? like 15-1, 15-2 ect

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just steal satellite, wasnt there a website that shows you how? buy the box and dish and enter in some ----?

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Man, all that stuff been shut down afaik. I used to program the Direct TV cards. it was a PITa cause they started spiking the signal weekly and more frequently.

I checked a couple of months back and couldn't find a hack for either. dishnetwork or direct tv

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I went from the stone to the space age. 27" boob tube with bunny ears and tin foil. Now 42" Pioneer Plasma with HD Direct TV. I don't see any difference in picture quality. Hell I think it's worse. I just got the stuff cause I was bored at the appliance store and qualified for a credit card. :P