The Committee on Energy and Commerce for the U.S. House of Representatives has announced a hearing regarding the upcoming DTV (digital television) transition. The hearing will be held on February 13, just over a year before analog signals are scheduled to disappear from U.S. airwaves. Not to be outdone, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will be holding a ... [ read the full article ]
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they're gonna have a couple of big parties-er-meetings about the infusion of cash and support all of the dtv partner companies have brought to the table to force-rush this transition. this coupon program looks like something they hobbled together at the last minute.
the best buy store brand converter box is $60 right now, so that's still $20 out-of-pocket for each converter box purchased. they say there are 31 million households using over-the-air broadcasts, 19 million of which have antennae as their only receiver. i'm not doing any math on that, because it won't be pretty.
the coupons expire like 90 days after they're mailed, and that wouldn't be a problem except that they're available first-come-first-served. there's no way to know if you should hurry to get one before they run out or not, because you don't know what's in your tv. videohelp can tell me what video formats play on any dvd player/recorder in their hardware section; so where's the similar list the government should have already compiled to figure out which tv has a digital tuner?
this sure doesn't help.
