I know all the cable and satellite companies are proud of their stuff. But what are you going to do? If you watch TV to amount to anything it cost you out the rear.
Thanks, Little Freak([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 9:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] digital compliant TVs I have found a lot of the information about the digital conversion to be pretty confusing. Not surprisingly, the info from my cable company is pretty biased toward doing something in their favor. If you have a digital convertor box from the cable company, you won't need to do anything with your TV. If you have a newer TV, like a 27 inch or larger, set purchased within the last three years, it probably has a digital convertor built in. If you take your TV signal direct from the air, (no cable), or like me, have no convertor box, just the cable going straight into the TV, you will need to get a convertor box or a new TV. The feds will be coughing up 40 dollar coupons for anyone making less than some amount of household income, to purchase a convertor box. I was poking around on the comcast website, my local cable mafia affiliate, and it is pretty impressive how expensive cable is these days. I have the most basic cable possible, only the network channels, and one or two other stations and it costs me $16 a month. If I upgrade to the next best thing, it jumps up to like 50 bucks a month. What a gouge! -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.11/1201 - Release Date: 12/28/2007 11:51 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.11/1201 - Release Date: 12/28/2007 11:51 AM To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
