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crystal090
I saw a commercial in the middle of the night for a cable (box?) that you can access over 900 channels with. It's $47, a one time payment for the (box?) and no monthly payment for the cable. It said that since the government switched t.v. to digital that its completely legal for them to be doing this. Can anybody tell me what its called?(name of company or what this box is called?) Thanks!
Answer
The ad is for a UHF antenna called Clear-Cast that is supposed to be able to pick up TV channels within 50 miles of your home. Nobody has 900 broadcast stations within 50 miles of his home. The digital switchover has nothing to do with the legality or illegality of selling UHF antennas.
http://stopthecap.com/2012/04/02/clear-cast-hdtv-antenna-subject-of-better-business-bureau-review-ad-confuses-consumers/
1. You get what you pay for (or less in this case, RadioShack sells the same antenna for $25.00).
2. If it sounds too good to be true, it isn't.
The ad is for a UHF antenna called Clear-Cast that is supposed to be able to pick up TV channels within 50 miles of your home. Nobody has 900 broadcast stations within 50 miles of his home. The digital switchover has nothing to do with the legality or illegality of selling UHF antennas.
http://stopthecap.com/2012/04/02/clear-cast-hdtv-antenna-subject-of-better-business-bureau-review-ad-confuses-consumers/
1. You get what you pay for (or less in this case, RadioShack sells the same antenna for $25.00).
2. If it sounds too good to be true, it isn't.
When the T.V. industry goes 100% digital next year will that affect people that have cable boxes already?
ccnice1
What recommendations for new TVs under $500 do you have?
Answer
The TV industry is not going 100% digital.
Cable and Satellite are not directly affected. Only Over the air analog TV is being discontinued.
The cable industry has agreed to continue to provide analog versions of the local over the air TV until 2012, or to furnish converter boxes.
Whatever your present cable service, it shouldn't need to change.
However, you can expect some cable operators to start moving some of their analog offerings to digital, and to encourage customers to get digital service.
Over the air TV from an antenna will still be available using a digital to analog converter box. The Government is providing up to two $40 coupons per household;d towards the purchase of two converter boxes which are expected to cost about $70 or less each before coupon.
The coupons can be applied for now.
http://www.dtv.gov/
http://www.dtvanswers.com/
http://www.dtv.gov/DTV_booklet.pdf
https://www.ntiadtv.com/cecb_list.cfm
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx
http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
As far as recommendations for TVs is concerned, I suggest you get the December issue of Consumer Reports from your Library. They review a large number of sets. When it comes to these new digital sets, it may be very attractive to go with the lowest price you can find. The problem is that not only is the performance poorer, but the reliability and support are much poorer. For many of them, once the warranty is over, there's no service available once they fail.
http://hdguru.com/your-new-disposable-flat-panel-hdtv/107/
The TV industry is not going 100% digital.
Cable and Satellite are not directly affected. Only Over the air analog TV is being discontinued.
The cable industry has agreed to continue to provide analog versions of the local over the air TV until 2012, or to furnish converter boxes.
Whatever your present cable service, it shouldn't need to change.
However, you can expect some cable operators to start moving some of their analog offerings to digital, and to encourage customers to get digital service.
Over the air TV from an antenna will still be available using a digital to analog converter box. The Government is providing up to two $40 coupons per household;d towards the purchase of two converter boxes which are expected to cost about $70 or less each before coupon.
The coupons can be applied for now.
http://www.dtv.gov/
http://www.dtvanswers.com/
http://www.dtv.gov/DTV_booklet.pdf
https://www.ntiadtv.com/cecb_list.cfm
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx
http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
As far as recommendations for TVs is concerned, I suggest you get the December issue of Consumer Reports from your Library. They review a large number of sets. When it comes to these new digital sets, it may be very attractive to go with the lowest price you can find. The problem is that not only is the performance poorer, but the reliability and support are much poorer. For many of them, once the warranty is over, there's no service available once they fail.
http://hdguru.com/your-new-disposable-flat-panel-hdtv/107/
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