I would have gone one step further as most consumers really don't know what kind of TUNER they have.
What would have been easier would be to say, "If you have cable or satellite on this TV, please ignore the following message."
Don Moore Greensboro Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
This site: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/index.html has a little summary table of actions people should take for the upcoming DTV transition.Your TV tuner is: You get your programming from: You will need: ---------------- ----------------------------- -------------Analog Over-the-air D/A conv. box Analog Cable or satellite Contact ProviderDigital Over-the-air Nothing Digital Cable or satellite Contact ProviderWhich makes it seem that Feb 18 2009 is a bigger deal than it really is. My table would instead have been:Your TV tuner is: You get your programming from: You will need: ---------------- ----------------------------- -------------Analog Over-the-air D/A conv. box Analog Cable or satellite NothingDigital Over-the-air Nothing Digital Cable or satellite Really nothingIn fact, *if* the digital transition affects cable service in any way at all, it will surely be the cable companies that will inform their customers first, without having to be asked. Bert----------------------------------------------------------------------You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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