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So .... Are You Ready???
6/12/2009 5:55 pm Last Read: |
I don't know about you, but I am so ready for the end of the reminders about the transition to HDTV!!!!! I'm ready. I am not a cable subscriber, so that meant either buying a new tv/tvs and the kind of antenna that it takes or a converter box/es or subscribing to cable. I chose to replace a tv and buy a converter box for another. Because they changed the date for the transition, I did not hurry to get it done ... but I've been ready for over two weeks now ... lol According to the news, they are saying that approximately 75,000 homes in the Phoenix area are not ready .... with only hours left now before the change takes place. The only problem that I am having is that the homeowners association in which I live does not allow exterior antennas, and the current one is built into the exterior wall ... and it will not work with HDTV ... so I had to buy an antenna for inside. I have bought two, and the second one is working better, but I still have to adjust it often to change channels ... and sometimes out of the blue I will get the message that there is no signal and I have done nothing to the antenna ... lol. So, my quest is to find the most powerful version of an inside antenna to work with HD transmission. I don't know anyone who is pleased with the antennas for interior and the reception although I will say that the number of channels I now get has more than doubled. Are you ready for the transition??? Whitney |
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6/13/2009 6:00 pm |
I have digital TV and it is through cablevision. After I took out digital almost a year ago I been getting brochures on Direct TV. In which I been throwing them in the trash can. Whitney
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6/13/2009 5:14 pm |
I have digital TV and it is through cablevision. After I took out digital almost a year ago I been getting brochures on Direct TV. In which I been throwing them in the trash can.
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6/13/2009 10:52 am |
Wow, I never knew that very many people had regular broadcast TVs anymore. Most Canadians have been either on cable or satellite for many decades, I suppose it's due to the lack of regular broadcast choices. I did hold back for HD until a little over a year ago though. John Whitney
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6/13/2009 10:45 am |
I got one indoor antenna and it works better than the system in the bldg, It is small, cost $15 ay Walmart. RCA Digital Flat Antenna. Looks sorta like a bow-tie hanging on the wall. Good luck, Whitney
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 6/13/2009 9:32 am |
Wow, I never knew that very many people had regular broadcast TVs anymore. Most Canadians have been either on cable or satellite for many decades, I suppose it's due to the lack of regular broadcast choices. I did hold back for HD until a little over a year ago though. John
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6/13/2009 8:41 am |
Im ready for an end to the commercials too. Although I dont watch television that often my set was ready when it was first announced we are going digital in january. Im on cable so I didnt have to make any adjustments. Whitney
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6/13/2009 8:40 am |
We PAY for TV,,  ,,,I remember the old man say(back in the late 60's ) "I'll never pay for TV!! ..Well,most do now. Also remember asking my mom when i was very young,"Mom,why are they selling water in a bottle?" (grocery store)..Time they do change.Whitney
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 6/13/2009 6:45 am |
Im ready for an end to the commercials too. Although I dont watch television that often my set was ready when it was first announced we are going digital in january. Im on cable so I didnt have to make any adjustments.
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6/12/2009 11:32 pm |
Hey Whitney; Really? Y'all are just coming into the digital TV age?  As backwards as my neighborhood is with newer technology, I've had a satellite dish on my house for more than a decade. Oh, and what's a commercial?  Welcome to the 21st century!  Hugs; T Whitney
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6/12/2009 11:28 pm |
Most Canadians are on cable so it isn't a big issue here XOXO Jack Whitney
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6/12/2009 11:27 pm |
Yeah here in Florida we switched last February !!! Worse part is, all the TV's that we use for emergency ( battery operated), due to Hurricanes, aren't any good anymore, and the new ones are expensive !!!  Charlie  Whitney
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6/12/2009 11:25 pm |
It works great with my house antena.My trailor on the river never had cable or satelite,justa outside antena.The coverter box,with outside antena makes viewing local channels better than ever.The only problem I see is when storms come by I loose my picture.That is the one thing I loved about analog.In bad weather it was alway there,and being 30 miles from a tornado siren,analog was dependable.Peace Whitney
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6/12/2009 11:23 pm |
I get my tv off a local translator system....... they started with the change over a year ago!!!!! I purchased my convertor boxes last July and have been enjoying an ever increasing amount of free channels since that time....... ENJOY larry Whitney
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6/12/2009 11:20 pm |
TOTALLY READY here. I mean they've only been advertising this damn change for well over a year now. you have to be an idiot to not see one of those annoying ads!!! Whitney
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6/12/2009 11:19 pm |
I have a relative in the same situation. I told her to pay to have her house relocated next to a cable tower. It be her house, a giant 200 ft tower and she'd plant a few sunflowers to take away from the 200 foot tower. She didn't find the humor, she wanted to find Oprah. I'm serious, that's exactly what she said to me. LOL Whitney
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6/12/2009 11:18 pm |
Yes and I like you have bought the converter box and have inside antennas. They go of the air often, the volume changes alot and the picture is not that great at times. Thanks big brother for this mess. Whitney
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6/12/2009 10:23 pm |
Hey Whitney; Really? Y'all are just coming into the digital TV age? As backwards as my neighborhood is with newer technology, I've had a satellite dish on my house for more than a decade. Oh, and what's a commercial? Welcome to the 21st century! Hugs; T "Can't means you won't try." Have a comment or problem with the blogs? Go to SiteSupport
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6/12/2009 10:10 pm |
Most Canadians are on cable so it isn't a big issue here XOXO Jack Take the road less travelled.
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6/12/2009 10:10 pm |
Yeah here in Florida we switched last February !!! Worse part is, all the TV's that we use for emergency ( battery operated), due to Hurricanes, aren't any good anymore, and the new ones are expensive !!! Charlie
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6/12/2009 7:58 pm |
It works great with my house antena.My trailor on the river never had cable or satelite,justa outside antena.The coverter box,with outside antena makes viewing local channels better than ever.The only problem I see is when storms come by I loose my picture.That is the one thing I loved about analog.In bad weather it was alway there,and being 30 miles from a tornado siren,analog was dependable.Peace
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6/12/2009 6:58 pm |
TOTALLY READY here. I mean they've only been advertising this damn change for well over a year now. you have to be an idiot to not see one of those annoying ads!!! Do, or do not. There is no try.--Yoda from Star Wars Come chat with me & my friends in T.W.I.N.K.S.
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6/12/2009 6:41 pm |
Yes and I like you have bought the converter box and have inside antennas. They go of the air often, the volume changes alot and the picture is not that great at times. Thanks big brother for this mess.
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6/12/2009 6:40 pm |
have been red eye 444 about what seems like a decade..specially 444 the news to find something else newsworthy Whitney
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6/12/2009 6:11 pm |
have been red eye 444 about what seems like a decade..specially 444 the news to find something else newsworthy Cheerzzz 222 Uuu From Zilla "The Context" 333 !!!  zzz &&&  zzz
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