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The intresting thing is, the converter boxes were only about 15$ beore the feds decided to subsidize it. Then the price shot up to 50-60$!

Sounds like you need one though.

I got one yesterday. Today at noon, the channels switched. I re-scanned the box, to pick them up, and let the scan run. Came back when the wife said it wasn't picking anything up. And it wasn't.. would't show nothin, just a dark screen. After about 5 minues of dinking with it, I was ready to throw the box, both remotes, and the dam TV in the trash, through the front window! Luckily, patience persevered, and I figured out that she had switched the TV to accessory. ( VCR )

Still can't get channel 9 or 38 though.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

The intresting thing is, the converter boxes were only about 15$ beore the feds decided to subsidize it. Then the price shot up to 50-60$!

Yup, price was 'bout $60.00 each at Best Buy for the two I bought for the motorhome. I had 2 $40.00 vouchers but that still sucks!!

Must be a big motorhome Larry!
We only have three tv's in the entire house!

The funny thing is that I/we have Direct TV but in spite of a lot of channels most of them are pay channels or kids cartoons AND I can't get the local stations unless I use our litle kitchen TV set with a new converter box. The point is that there are different satellites and they are not truly broadband because different satellites cover different channels. I pay extra for the Science Channel and really enjoy that including the NASA stuff. I watched the Hubble repair/upgrade for a whole week! My Direct TV really only gets some news channels, pay movies and Spanish stations. With apologies to JYard Girl I will mention I do enjoy watching Channel 253 on Direct TV which is the Womens Channel with movies where the men are always wrong but at least those movies are free and I enjoy discussing them when watching them with my wife who will watch almost any detective/murder mystery story so we actually do enjoy the 253 channel as a thing to watch together but I have to go to a local station on the converter box for the NASCAR station. Our little kitchen TV with the converter box is really clear because the pixel density is tight and the digital stuf is crisp anyway.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by stovens

Must be a big motorhome Larry!
We only have three tv's in the entire house!

Seovens, Its 38' and another 17' from the rear hitch to the end of the toad.
We spend a lot of time in it so we wanted something we could live in for several months at a time and be comfortable. We just got back from our trip south in June and we left Feb. 1st. That was our longest trip so far(4 months) but next year we are heading south with the other snowbirds when the weather here starts getting cold and miserable.

Funny, I bought those converter boxes quite awhile back but on our last trip I signed up for a satellite service and I don't think I need the darn boxes now.

Larry M.