[NJARC] Be the first on your block!

[Peter Markavage]

Joe:
All TV's manufactured after March 1, 2007 must include a digital tuner.
So, if this your case, you should be able to receive these digital
channels now with an antenna. Note, that retailers are still able to sell
off their existing stock of TV's with analog tuners even after this March
1, 2007 date. So, even if you have a late model cable ready TV, it
doesn't mean you have a digital tuner. Big TV prices are dropping fast,
because most retailers and wholesalers want to get rid of all their TV's
with just analog tuners.
More info, go here:
http://www.dtv.gov/whatisdtv.html
Existing TV antennas, rabbit ears(if you're reasonably close to the
transmitter) still should work fine. No bells or whistles are necessary
with the "box". 

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:40:09 -0500 "JOE CRO" <n3ibx at verizon.net> writes:
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> Please let me ask this question, since I'm rather uninformed about 
> the new 
> converter boxes, etc, and I don't watch much television.
> 
> Let's say that (for argument sake) my television set consists of a 
> generic 
> 10 YO "K-Mart" 19" color television with a pair of rabbit ears on 
> top for an 
> antenna. Will television stations still be broadcasting, just in 
> digital? In 
> other words, with a converter box I'll still be able to pluck 
> signals out of 
> the aether.
> 
> Scenario #2: I own a late model cable ready TV set, but operate it 
> off of a 
> pair of rabbit ears and don't have cable. Is this TV "converter 
> ready" since 
> it's a late model set?
> 
> Please excuse my ignorance on the subject. I'm just trying to get 
> afew 
> things clarified.
> 
> Best Regards and thanks in advance for any advice on what to do.
> 
> Joe Cro N3IBX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Be the first on your block!
> 
> 
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> > Hello everyone and Happy New  Year,
> >
> > While we are on this subject, I must admit that  I am ignorant 
> about what 
> > to
> > look for in a converter box.  I sent my request  for a converter 
> box and 
> > got
> > the same message as everyone else, wait for the  coupon.
> >
> > OK, so what I would like to know is, what is  available out there 
> over 
> > this
> > basic box?  What can I receive with my  outdoor antenna over what 
> I 
> > receive
> > now?  Bells and whistles and  such.
> >
> > I have not seen anything regarding antennas in  the converter box 
> site. 
> > The
> > current TV antennas are broad banded, what  kind of reception can 
> be 
> > expected
> > with this new band?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joe Devonshire
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 1/3/2008  4:32:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > manualman at juno.com writes:
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> > Joe,  I don'ts need no converter box either; I gots the cable. 
> Even if I
> > didn't, I  can see and watch my neighbor's TV through one of the 
> bedroom
> > windows. Just  need for them to turn up the volume. Hey, 75 meters 
> is
> > always entertaining in  a pinch.
> >
> > Pete, wa2cwa
> >
> > On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:05:16 -0500 "JOE CRO"  <n3ibx at verizon.net> 
> writes:
> >> Visit our web site - See  http://www.njarc.org
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> >> Pete - To me, that's no  bargain! I guess I'll have to reconnect 
> the
> >> VCR and
> >> watch  reruns of teh Miltom Berle Show, and "I love Lucy", etc., 
> in
> >> B&W,  of
> >> course! For the news and weather I can use the AM radio, until 
> they
> >> take
> >> that away from us.
> >>
> >> Did I hear somewhere  that someone or something is working on 
> that?
> >>
> >> Just call me the  supreme LUDDITE!
> >>
> >> Best  Regards,
> >>                       Joe Cro N3IBX
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