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Consider this your final warning -- time is running out to get your government-funded DTV converter coupon.If you're still getting your TV over the air with a pair of rabbit ears, remember your set will stop working at midnight on February 17, unless you get a digital converter box. And be aware that there is a limited supply of the converter box coupons left from the government.
The government has received requests for 41 million coupons, but only about 14 million so far have been redeemed. All 41 million of those requests can not be honored however since the government is limited to issuing roughly 34 million coupons, which means supplies are running low. Many of the coupons have already expired, either because consumers just haven't gotten to the store with in the 90 day limit or because finding a retailer with converter boxes in stock has proven difficult.
To make matters worse, there is a backlog of requests that means a waiting period of up to six weeks for your coupon. So if you want to be prepared for the switch over, we and Todd Sedmak, spokesman for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, suggest you put in your request now. [From: USA Today]
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Subscribe to commentsdwr50Dec 29th 2008 12:30PM
Or you can just stop watching TV... and get a life !
KevinDec 29th 2008 9:20PM
I have not watched broadcast TV since 1988. No one needs TV. Other than the weather (which is more accurate if you learn how to feel the pressure change before and after storms, right outside your own door), there is virtually nothing one can learn from the NEWS. Reality TV sucks, and there are about 10 million books that one could not possibly read in own's lifetime. ALSO: Your TV viewing can be monitored by the convertor boxes that are forcibly being supplied to the entire country. Anything sending a digital signal can be tracked. 1984 and Faranheit 451 are coming true, albeit a few decades later than predicted. Screw the boxes and turn your TV off.
binaryhackermanFeb 9th 2009 7:16PM
You realize the the converter boxes are RECEIVING a digital and not sending right??