there will be a box, and it seems like 2008 is the year that the feds are making vouchers available for these converter boxes.
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Curtis Delzer wrote: > My question is one I had from my cousins who have a decent TV antenna and > that is, what can they do to their TV, is there a gadget to buy to make > their TV work or must they buy a new one? :) I told them it is likely a > gadget, but let me know what you all think. > > Curtis Delzer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Little Freak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:16 AM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: digital compliant TVs > > > They have digital tuners for PC's and almost everything else now. As for the > size they make large LCD TV's and Large plasma TV's. As for the picture goes > unless you have a trained eye or 20 20 or better vision to tell the > difference. > > > Thanks, Little Freak([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Anthony Padua > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 10:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: digital compliant TVs > > I suppose an alternative would be to download a show and watch it on our > computer. I'm one of those who doesn't have that newfangled TV either. Even > David Letterman joked that he didn't also. I can't see that they will > suddenly drop in price once the regular signal goes blank. > > If anything I would think that the price would go up because the store could > take advantage of the fact that we are forced to buy that new set. I looked > at them in the store, and for the life of me I can't see any sense of it. > The picture in the store didn't look any better than mine, and it was harder > to look at because the screen was so squatty, LOL. > > It seems like a computer program could easily be made to do the conversion > of analog to digital. All one would need in addition to that would be a > tuner. I know that they have analog tuners now for computers. Seems like > they could make a digital one as well. Probably the government will/have > made a law against this though, just like it's against the law to buy > medicine in Canada and bring it over the border. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.12/1202 - Release Date: 12/29/2007 > 1:27 PM > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.12/1202 - Release Date: 12/29/2007 > 1:27 PM > > > > > 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 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/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.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 > > > >
