After some feedback on more potential online retailers, I sought out my NTIA coupons so that I could purchase ones with the analog-pass through which are absent in Las Vegas. To my surprise, there are a lot more approved online retailers since I last looked weeks ago.
And to further my surprise, lo and behold, I pulled out my coupons to make a purchase but the coupons had already expired! I checked the NTIA website and it states that I cannot re-apply for new coupons. I'm done!
So when it comes to the "government cheese" (to quote someone on this forum), the early bird does not get the worm. (I signed up for coupons on Jan 2, thinking I would get the boxes early and try them out. Little did I know that boxes would not be available when the coupons arrived!)
Since I do not care to subscribe to cable or satellite, and now that I cannot get a cheap converter box, and since NASCAR is on cable now days so I can't even watch the one program I enjoyed coming from the networks, I am likely to go without any form of reception in Feb. '09. My TV won't go dark, though. I still enjoy Blockbuster.com where I get to pick my programming for a very REASONABLE monthly fee!
My mother-in-law's NTIA coupons expire in a few days so at least I can get her a box with analog pass-through so she can watch the LPTV stations she enjoys.
Oh well.
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