posted February 01, 2008 10:35 AM         

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Jan 31 2008 : Washington (DC) - Owners of analog TV sets can send off their application for a free converter box beginning tomorrow, to prepare for the digital switch over that happened in February 2009.

Two coupons will be sent to each person who applies. Each one is worth $40 off a digital converter box. The devices, which are expected to cost around $60 each, will transform an analog signal to a digital one that will work with the new standards. No such device exists in the retail market now.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will open up for the program tomorrow. Consumers can apply via 1-888-DTV-2009, or online at DTV2009.gov.

Stores are expected to begin selling the boxes in February. Accordingly, the government will start to mail out coupons on February 17, 2008.

All major big box retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Target and Wal-Mart will sell the converter boxes.

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posted February 01, 2008 05:33 PM         

To go a little deeper into the paranoia, I don't have cable TV and I always felt uncomfortable with it. Air waves used to be free, but now we pay for someone to hook up our homes to a cable that we know nothing about.

I guess I'm saying this because lately my telephone company has been giving away HDTV's to customers who are signing up for their cable service and combining it with their telephone and computer service. I keep thinking "Big Brother is giving out TV's that watch you while you watch it."

Yes, this has paranoia all over it, I know, but I just can't help it. I've got some strong Neptune being triggered these days.

Geo-uh...Anomymous. Yeah, that's the ticket, my name is Anonymous.

posted February 01, 2008 08:07 PM         

BUT my comp security said do not open as the name and certificate did not match. If this is a gov site um, err, I will wait, till my fellow KF geeks give it the A-O-K.

posted February 01, 2008 10:01 PM         

Heres another proof:
Goto www.usa.gov see this free link also being offered in their website.

The site is super secured because it is saving a computer certificate on your computer. So all your private information is secured. If you don't trust internet, call the 1-888 number instead.

This is genuine and I am not sure what the motives of government are in doing this. Perhaps analog is thing of the old. Perhaps this is imperative after september 11. The point is after feb 2009, if you do not have cable(or paid service) and have a analog TV then you will see snow on your television.
So don't wait until then, make use of this converter that converts digital signals to analog. I think if you were receiving channels free such as ABC, etc and superbowl haha, then you will continue to get those after installing the box.

But the TV stations themselves will relay after Feb 17th 2008 and you have to wait till then to hook up your box.

Heres a quiz to see if you need this converter.

posted February 01, 2008 10:04 PM         

- Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book

posted February 01, 2008 10:15 PM         

Zala,

All electronic retail stores have stopped selling Analog tvs. Why should they because of the government mandate? They do sell Digitial TV and HDTV's.

If you are living in a good reception area then HDTV optionally comes with its own antenna/tuner, so you don't require to pay for channels such as ABC etc as its free too.

posted February 01, 2008 10:24 PM         

I was reading the other day about how many millions upon millions of units [comp + TV] trashed are actually exported [reclaimed they call it] by third world countries. The gold on the mother boards etc. They showed a photo of this guy in Guiana- his head obscured with the smoke of heavy metals and dioxins -a truly toxic cocktail. The shielding must be melted down on the wires before he can re-sell to feed the kids.

posted February 01, 2008 11:17 PM         

Yes, I truly am a 12th house Sun, I just want to stay hidden and I don't want them to stop broadcasting TV and Radio waves through the air just to start broadcasting from Satellites. But then again, I'm a kind of a hypocrit because I'm almost seduced into getting a Satellite card for my computer so I can get internet anywhere.

I'm like those kids who run around New York City with their laptops, gaming and searching for unsecured wireless to get people's credit card information.

I DON'T DO THAT, but I kinda run real fast with my laptop open, not in the case, transfering trains like a wild person. This way, if I have a satellite card, I don't have to worry about signing into strange wireless accounts at various coffee shops, etc.

Now I'm rambling because I'm tired.

Oh, I'll be deleting this post tomorrow in a pathetic attempt to get Big Brother not to read this post.

Good night everybody, don't let Big Brother get you.

Oh, and goodnight to you, too, Big Brother, don't work to hard.

Geocosm - oh, uh - Anonymousnositiousness

posted February 02, 2008 12:24 AM         

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