Right, just not as convenient as flipping a switch on a battery operated TV set. I've done some searching and there doesn't seem to be a lot of portable ATSC receivers floating around either at this time. It would be nice if the $40 vouchers could be used to offset the cost this type of product in addition to the converter.
Barry B On Jan 25, 2008, at 12:39 PM, Kon Wilms wrote:
On Jan 25, 2008 7:26 AM, Barry Brown <barrysb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:With all that has been written about my initial posting about not having any battery operated ATSC converter boxes, my principle concern has been missed - that is when local residents have to spend 4-6 days (or more) without power after a storm has passed through an area. It is this period when OTA is certainly a good friend and source of contact with the outside world.In Africa we get our own generators or daisy chain a few marine batteries to an inverter circuit, because you can't rely on the government for handouts. These converters have power plugs, right? Where's the problem? Cheers Kon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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