ok, so we haven't had cable for years...& i love it!
curtis? he hates it!
the kiddos? they don't really get that we could have more channels...they're content with what we have...they get excited when we go 2 nana's & they can watch spongebob and drake & josh, but they never question y we don't get those channels too
we use rabbit ears on all our televisions...& we're able 2 pull in 5 channels pretty darn clearly - ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX & WVPT/PBS...all u need, right?!
we've been seeing those DTV deadline commercials for MONTHS! curtis would always joke about how we'd b the only ones without any tv come february 17th, cause i didn't buy in2 the hype right away & rush out 2 get a converter box
i did go 2 their website & request the two $40 coupons/gift cards that each household is allowed...& i hung on 2 them - i still didn't see the need 2 rush out & get ready 4 the "big transition day"
curtis would love 4 us 2 totally forgo all this converter box nonsense & just get cable/dish! we've discussed it many times, but i really do not think it's the way we should go...we'd only end up watching way more tv overall & y add another bill 2 our already full plate in these hard economic times?! let's just say it's still an open discussion ;0)
so monday, february 16th came - midnight (the 17th) was the deadline...& i was anxious 2 see just how many channels we'd actually lose (i knew that at least NBC had decided 2 extend their transition date 2 june)
guess what...we only lost 1!
yep, ABC was the only channel that made the switch...their programming was replaced with this converter box infomercial, but all the other channels were still coming in loud & clear
tuesday, i decide 2 go ahead & get the converter boxes...sunday night on ABC is my 2nd fav tv night (1st fav is thursday night on NBC) & i figure we've got the coupons, we might as well use them
i almost suspected the stores would b out - u know with all the hype...target indeed had run out of the 2 models they'd been selling 4 months, but had a new shipment in - of a 3rd, totally different model...the electronics guy let me know that they'd found out the $40 coupon was not refundable...so if 4 some reason, the converter box i bought & took home didn't work, i wouldn't b able 2 just exchange it 4 another one - i'd b responsible 4 the full cost of a replacement
say what?! leave it 2 the gov't!
& since they hadn't sold any/many of the new models yet, he couldn't tell me if i would possibly have trouble with it...he suggested i just buy 1, take it home & try it, & if it works, come back 2 buy the other one...so i did
& guess what - it works just fine - in fact, the channels r all crystal clear...BUT i'm not quite sure what all that hype was about...we get THREE whole channels with the converter box - the ABC channel we lost, another ABC valley/local channel & a different kind of FOX channel (filled with family guy & south park - ACK!)
soooooo, after months & months of hype...waiting weeks 4 the coupons...& then finally going & buying the box...we only turn it on 2 watch ABC...then we turn it back off 2 watch the same channels we've been pulling in with rabbit ears 4 years
go figure!
curtis? he hates it!
the kiddos? they don't really get that we could have more channels...they're content with what we have...they get excited when we go 2 nana's & they can watch spongebob and drake & josh, but they never question y we don't get those channels too
we use rabbit ears on all our televisions...& we're able 2 pull in 5 channels pretty darn clearly - ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX & WVPT/PBS...all u need, right?!
we've been seeing those DTV deadline commercials for MONTHS! curtis would always joke about how we'd b the only ones without any tv come february 17th, cause i didn't buy in2 the hype right away & rush out 2 get a converter box
i did go 2 their website & request the two $40 coupons/gift cards that each household is allowed...& i hung on 2 them - i still didn't see the need 2 rush out & get ready 4 the "big transition day"
curtis would love 4 us 2 totally forgo all this converter box nonsense & just get cable/dish! we've discussed it many times, but i really do not think it's the way we should go...we'd only end up watching way more tv overall & y add another bill 2 our already full plate in these hard economic times?! let's just say it's still an open discussion ;0)
so monday, february 16th came - midnight (the 17th) was the deadline...& i was anxious 2 see just how many channels we'd actually lose (i knew that at least NBC had decided 2 extend their transition date 2 june)
guess what...we only lost 1!
yep, ABC was the only channel that made the switch...their programming was replaced with this converter box infomercial, but all the other channels were still coming in loud & clear
tuesday, i decide 2 go ahead & get the converter boxes...sunday night on ABC is my 2nd fav tv night (1st fav is thursday night on NBC) & i figure we've got the coupons, we might as well use them
i almost suspected the stores would b out - u know with all the hype...target indeed had run out of the 2 models they'd been selling 4 months, but had a new shipment in - of a 3rd, totally different model...the electronics guy let me know that they'd found out the $40 coupon was not refundable...so if 4 some reason, the converter box i bought & took home didn't work, i wouldn't b able 2 just exchange it 4 another one - i'd b responsible 4 the full cost of a replacement
say what?! leave it 2 the gov't!
& since they hadn't sold any/many of the new models yet, he couldn't tell me if i would possibly have trouble with it...he suggested i just buy 1, take it home & try it, & if it works, come back 2 buy the other one...so i did
& guess what - it works just fine - in fact, the channels r all crystal clear...BUT i'm not quite sure what all that hype was about...we get THREE whole channels with the converter box - the ABC channel we lost, another ABC valley/local channel & a different kind of FOX channel (filled with family guy & south park - ACK!)
soooooo, after months & months of hype...waiting weeks 4 the coupons...& then finally going & buying the box...we only turn it on 2 watch ABC...then we turn it back off 2 watch the same channels we've been pulling in with rabbit ears 4 years
go figure!
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that's funny! We don't have cable either, and never have...so I know what "discussion" you're talking about. We only had 2 channels before PBS and ABC, now we have 4!! So it's "flip, flip, flip..." and drives me crazy! I can only imagine what it would be like if we had cable!
Okay so you and jonathan are peas n' a pod...and me n' curtis are! And I want my pod equipped with America's Top 100! *grin*
...danielle
Funny thing is, if it weren't for us hosting the superbowl party, we'd probably still have a broken cable box. We went a month with out any cable. All my friends were astonished that we could go so long with out live TV. I said "it's called the internet, maybe you've heard of it??". We only have a TV in the den and we have one connected to a VCR/DVD in our room, but we have enough computers/iphones to have internet in every room ;)
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