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Default The end of analog TV begins today!

Pete C. said...

>
> Andy wrote:
>>
>> The end of analog TV begins today!
>>
>> Some have pushed the cutoff date until June but today marks the
>> beginning of digital-only television.
>>
>> The push back was a result of the government converter box coupon offer
>> RUNNING OUT OF COUPONS!!!
>>
>> Fidiots!
>>
>> Andy

>
> It began well before today. The date was always the date that analog had
> to be off, not the first day analog could be turned off. One of the
> local stations here turned the analog off permanently a couple weeks
> ago.



Pete C.,

The Comcast folks gave me a free one year digital cable subscription with
the cable box.

They also gave me 4 months of STARZ (Pay channels).

I canceled STARZ after the 4 months but I still get those channels. I'll
wait and see next month's bill

There ARE a few decent digital cable TV stations, National Geographic and
the Sci-Fi channel and a few movie channels.

I doubt I'll renew if they start billing me.

If I had an option to pay, say, 25¢ per channel I wanted to watch, I'd go
that route.

Best,

Andy