That's a question I posted about 3 weeks ago, no responses, so I am
assuming no one has seen anything. Anyone have comments??????
Hi
I just stopped at a Best Buy store in Wisconsin. They dont have any.
I was told by the guy to check Walmart (which I thought was odd). So
I did. None at Walmart either. On the other hand, Walmart has about
7 or 8 DVD recorders or DVDR with VCR that have built in DTV (and
analog) tuners, whereas Best Buy only had one, and it was much more
costly. From reading the DTV website, the coupons can not be used for
these recorders or anything like that.
Leave it to the government to really screw things up. Originally they
said it would be January 1, 2008. So, I wrote to them by email and
complained. All I got was an automated reply that said mostly
nothing. I noticed that on that site, there is a link where it says
"locate a store that sells them" (not in those words). It's BLANK.
Like I said leave it to the government to really screw things up.
Especially when I'm the kind of person who is perfectly satisfied with
analog tv and really could care less about HDTV and all that expensive
stuff. I live in a very rural area and only get 4 stations decently,
One is PBS. I dont have access to cable, and wound not even consider
satellite at the price they want. I figure when HDTVs get around
$100, I might consider it. For now my 3 year old 25 inch CRT tv is
just fine.
I only went to look for the converter boxes because I am curious, and
if I could get one cheap enough (when my coupon arrives), I'll get it
now rather than wait, and once again, it's mostly because I am
curious, and if I get a few more channels, that's all the better.
I keep asking people why I'd even want HDTV, when the only decent
thing to watch on the tv is the news / weather and AG report. Well
ok, maybe a few football games too, and once and awhile a sitcom. I
sure dont need HDTV for that, at least not for the kind of money they
want. Most of the stuff they put on the air is complete garbage.
Programs like CSI and others like it seem to dominate, and I refuse to
watch bloody chopped up bodies, and then there are all the never
ending soaps. Bleeeccchhhhh.... And finally we got all these shows
like Survivor and American Idol where the object is to make people
look like fools. NO THANKS !!!!
OOPS, I almost forgot the State of the Union Address. Would Bush look
better in LOW DEFINITION
