[mythtv-users] Just got my two $40 DTV coupons

[Carl Reynolds]

Ronald Frazier wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
> 
> 
> The thing was, there really was no intentional gift to them. There was
> zero need to buy a new tv for this. Yet there was this tremendous
> public misconception about the whole thing, in spite of the fact that
> all the articles I read and news reports I watching NEVER said you
> needed to buy a new TV. Most of the time they were quite explicit
> about the fact that it doesn't affect you if you use cable or
> satellite, and they were also quite clear about the coupons. The only
> place I ever heard the incorrect info was through word of mouth.
> 
There are at least two over the air channels in my area (South Eastern 
Indiana) with advertisements stating that everyone needs to convert to 
digital TV by February 2009 and stating, "some TV's may stop working all 
together". The rest of the information in the ads is nebulous enough to 
very definitely give the impression that everyone needs to replace their 
TV set.