>>2439409
And this is relevant to my interests how?

GTFO!!! Oh and pic related...it's you.

The government is offering free digital tuner boxes to people who need them. They'll be fine unless they've chosen to ignore the constant stream of warnings on the broadcasted networks.

Funny enough, there WILL be people who will get angry and restless on the day that it happens, and it will be there own damn fault.

>either you get the signal or you don't.

lol no, you just get digital errors instead of analogue errors

>>2439497
Those tuner boxes work by getting digial signals over the air.

>>2439518
Yeah, I noticed a couple of those when I was fooling around with my digital antenna.

Though most of the time, if I didn't have a 95-100% signal, I just got audio and video stuttering so bad it was unwatchable.

Why the hell do people even watch TV still? Everything can be either watched or downloaded. I haven't watched anything in months, my TV only gets used for game consoles.

>>2439559
Your cool

People who don't have cable this far into the 21st century deserve to be deported to some island and shot.

I can understand that some people refuse to believe what I'm telling them. Sure. Seeing is believing isn't it? You don't see what I'm seeing. You aren't seeing what digital is like over the air.

So for those who think digital over the air will work. To those who don't believe me when I say digital signals cut out a whole lot even at 75% signal strength I ask one simple question:

Megaupload or rapidshare.

I'm more than happy to show you what digital looks like over the air.

What's the reason behind the switch, anyways?

>>2439559 my TV only gets used for game consoles

I own an HDTV/LCD screen so this is bullshit I only have one screen in my room. This is what everyone should have btw.

>>2439580
The government supposedly wanted to free up some frequencies in the spectrum so that companies could use it at their leisure. Yay corporatism!

For those curious:

I have cable. It just won't work with my tv tuner right now. So I'm stuck with the digital antenna until my cable company is forced to switch to all digital signals on all their channels. I don't get ANY digital channels up here. So if I want to watch tv on my tuner, it's through digital antenna.

Just out of curiosity... whether or not I'm paying for my television shouldn't matter, right? My signal comes in through a cable left by a previous occupant. Is there a way the cable company might know that I'm not paying, and shut off my cable?

What about those poor fuckers in the south who can't afford cable?

>>2439691
The coax cable itself will actually act as an antenna. A really good one at that.

HOWEVER - You'll probably need a digital converter box anyway

Does this mean i can watch HD, without paying for it

Holy shit I still have cable.

>>2439593
the FCC sold most of those airwaves to verison for several million
because they purchased so much of the availible airwaves they do have to make some of it availible for everyone
whether they plan on making some crazy good cellphone service or nationwide wireless internet it is far better than TV's holding on to it

Is the OP actually bored enough to troll people who don't have digita cable?

Wow, that's a first.

ahahahaha watching tv on a tv yeah goodone

>>2439780
That's what its for

>>2439575
YES ALL CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME!!!

Where I live, basic cable is $60/mo and has like ten channels. The next tier is $100/mo and I'm a goddamn grad student. Fuck you, cable, I'll just pirate the fuck out of you and your mom.

If you have no idea about the switch you are a fucking Hill Billy.

>>2440003

You might want to look into that. For my area, what most people think of as "basic" cable is actually "standard" cable. But there's actually a "basic" package that costs less than $10 a month. They're actually surprised if you ask for it.

>>2440003
I can get super basic with 60 channels & fast internet under $100.00 a month were I live. Sucks to be you faggot.

Will I still get NBC?

There are also people living in certain areas (such as the boonies) that can't get cable (because the cable company refuses to install the service) or can't get Satellite tv because they can't get a clear view of the south sky, including that they can't get any digital tv reception. That there is a triple wammy.

The DTV transition date needs to be delayed, until 2011.

>>2440023
i did, it just sucks where i am