iwillwalk Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 6-8 week wait on more cards my frind needs 2 so just wanted to ask if anybody had soom? thanx steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 No, but remember that the converter is digital only and not High Def. so if you want high def you have to by a new HDTV anyway and it already has the tuner which is far superior to the separate units, at least that's been my experience with the older units. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I heard on the radio this morning that the govt has officially run out of them. The only options are to wait, pay the 50-80 bucks for the box, or get cable...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Last night at Walmart I saw a lady pay $59.00 for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwillwalk Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 are all the boxes the same? my friends just need the most basic of boxes just to watch the 4 networks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesV Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 are all the boxes the same? No, some are more expensive then others. I know my buddy said when he went to the store they had three different priced ones. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 talks of extending the deadline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelA Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 All this talk of the govt running out of money and coupons for the switch has me wondering if that takes into account all the coupons that were never redeemed. I know I never got to use mine before they expired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I went with my brother to redeem his approximately 2 weeks after he received them and they were already expired. I wonder how many other people that happened to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yep... Obama was/is looking to extend this for a while until the economy picks up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddvj Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 C'mon, bad economy or not, if you can't afford a $50 box, maybe you should be out doing something other than watching TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelA Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yep... Obama was/is looking to extend this for a while until the economy picks up. Yea well maybe if he was that worried about the economy he should have held off on having a new "presidential limo" being built or god forbid scale back the inauguration party. I can only imagine how much that has/will set us back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Yep... Obama was/is looking to extend this for a while until the economy picks up. Yea well maybe if he was that worried about the economy he should have held off on having a new "presidential limo" being built or god forbid scale back the inauguration party. I can only imagine how much that has/will set us back. It isn't an inaugruation, it is a CORINATION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelA Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 It has already passed in one branch of govt to extend the deadline, and now on to the other. I think they said June 14th for the extension as far as the "switch" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 My 2 coupons expired before I could find any of the units in stock. I was in the first group that received the coupons last winter (signed up 1/1/08), but every time I went to Walmart or RS, I was told that the units were sold out, and you essentally needed to be at the store when a shipment came in to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I just can't believe that today there are that many people, as claimed by the politicos, that a) use an antenna exclusively and have a TV that the tuner is not digital. I use an OTA but as backup for the DTV and less compression but we are talking HD now not SD OTA reception. The numbers just seem too high for me to believe. I grew up on a ranch in Texas where we were so far away that if we had OWNED a TV we couldn't receive it so I have been there. If someone has an analog tuner and OTA they should be praising someone that both have actually lasted this long. HUMMM, $40 coupon towards a $50 dollar STB or very slightly more new TV with digital tuner? You ain't watching OTA with an analog tuner on a TV worth several hundred right now. OR possibly I don't have a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I just can't believe that today there are that many people, as claimed by the politicos, that a) use an antenna exclusively and have a TV that the tuner is not digital. I use an OTA but as backup for the DTV and less compression but we are talking HD now not SD OTA reception. The numbers just seem too high for me to believe. I grew up on a ranch in Texas where we were so far away that if we had OWNED a TV we couldn't receive it so I have been there. If someone has an analog tuner and OTA they should be praising someone that both have actually lasted this long. HUMMM, $40 coupon towards a $50 dollar STB or very slightly more new TV with digital tuner? You ain't watching OTA with an analog tuner on a TV worth several hundred right now. OR possibly I don't have a clue. Hard to get cable on a boat in the middle of the lake. Need OTA, and I don't really want to replace my perfectly good analog TV, so a converter is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hard to get cable on a boat in the middle of the lake. Need OTA, and I don't really want to replace my perfectly good analog TV, so a converter is needed Seadog, you're saying that the analog TV that you have does not have a digital tuner? Perhaps I am mistaken but I thought the only analog tuners were the ones with a twist dial, you know clunk, clunk, clunk as you turn them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hard to get cable on a boat in the middle of the lake. Need OTA, and I don't really want to replace my perfectly good analog TV, so a converter is needed Seadog, you're saying that the analog TV that you have does not have a digital tuner? Perhaps I am mistaken but I thought the only analog tuners were the ones with a twist dial, you know clunk, clunk, clunk as you turn them. It has an electronic television tuning system with remote control, etc, (not a twist, clunk 1960's TV), but it is compatible with analog broadcast signals only, not the digital televison signals. Thus the need for the converter box for OTA digital broadcast signals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hard to get cable on a boat in the middle of the lake. Need OTA, and I don't really want to replace my perfectly good analog TV, so a converter is needed Seadog, you're saying that the analog TV that you have does not have a digital tuner? Perhaps I am mistaken but I thought the only analog tuners were the ones with a twist dial, you know clunk, clunk, clunk as you turn them. It has an electronic television tuning system with remote control, etc, (not a twist, clunk 1960's TV), but it is compatible with analog broadcast signals only, not the digital televison signals. Thus the need for the converter box for OTA digital broadcast signals. I stand corrected.....as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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