I used to have Bell Express-Vu Satellite (but no longer), so I wouldn't know. I don't know if any of these are available as OTA (Over-The-Air) terrestrial broadcasts, or if a Satellite dish or cable box is still needed to receive them. Here in Canada, the CBC routinely broadcasts it's NHL Hockey games in HD digital. The CBS and NBC affiliates have both analog and digital versions of their programming.Ĭousinkix - I wonder when Canada will cease analogue broadcasting? I haven't heard any specific cut-off date mentioned, but I assume it would probably coincide pretty closely with the American agenda - we receive many US channels, of course, and I'm sure you receive a few of ours. Our local PBS station has three seperate programs running at once. US broadcasters have multiple channels in that wide spectrum of old analog channels. In fact, I expect Walmart will be selling the converter boxes and analogue tv-sets side-by-side. But at least - with the converter box I should be able to pipe-in a composite or S-Video signal. (The same situation exists for those still using traditional VCR's as well). The Pioneer only has a built-in analogue tuner. :-) It's going to be a bit rough on my set-top Pioneer DVD-recorder though, when analogue broadcasts cease. Can't wait to get a "real" digital set though. #Walmart analog to digital converter box for old tv tvThese new set top converter boxes will let you use any of these traditional tv sets well into the future, and also give the Walmarts and Best Buys of the world a reason to keep offering inexpensive analogue sets, for a while yet anyway. With the years'-delayed but (now genuine) advent of digital broadcasting and digital sets now widely available (both HD-capable and non-HD), it's no wonder that the big box stores like Walmart and Best Buy (and even our local grocery supermarket) now sell analogue tv sets more cheaply than ever before in tv's history. There are a lifetime and world-full of analogue tv sets out there - up until 'recent' times, it's all we've ever known. #Walmart analog to digital converter box for old tv free"that are redeemable with the government issued coupons." I took that as meaning free This allows universities to charge huge tuitions that increase faster than the overall inflation rate. Most students get government grants & loans to attend college. * American college tuition is a great example of this. If supply is limited, the seller can easily increase the price, since the government is paying the first $40. I will be adding to this problem, since I've requested a voucher and I don't really need one at the moment. In general, subsidies tend to push-up the price, because demand is increased when more-buyers have more-money to spend*. I doubt that they will be priced any lower than $40. If production costs are low enough and there is plenty of supply, the retailers will be fighting for their share of this government handout and they will price them at exactly $40 USD. Or, I can sell it! Nobody can predict the price. I have cable, but you never know when a free (or nearly free) converter will come in handy. You have an analogue set, tucker001, believe me - you do. (You'll want to buy a digital tv set anyway) if only for the wide screen (16:9), and so that you won't be stuck with those annoying black bars on your analog set. Besides, the converter boxes are cheap even without the coupon. Good heavens! Why should they (anyone) simply hand out totally FREE electronic boxes to just anyone who wants/needs one? It costs money to make these things and they will breathe new-and-extended life into yours and 5 billon-trillion-gazillion other analogue tv sets for the forseeable future. So the voucher is for $40, but the boxes run between $50-$70? I thought it was supposed to be free. Here in Canada, I believe the Government is going to auction-off the broadcast space (bandwidth) that the analogue signals now use, to the highest bidder. Just a little over a year now, and analogue OTA broadcasts will be a thing of the past. I hope the boys here in Ottawa (Canadian Gov'mint) will come up with a similar offer - not that it matters because I'm going to get one of these boxes anyway. Since I live in Canada, I guess I don't qualify for the US-Gov'mint coupon. :-( Nothing like a freebie discount coupon that I can't take advantage of.
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