Our stance on the analogue to digital TV transition is that most the great unwashed who can open it should get a new goggle box , throwing their eighties Magnavox set out like so much oldtrash . But are we insensitive to quondam family line and the less fortunate ? A proofreader weighs in .
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I really detest the descend direction your author endeavor to BULLY old the great unwashed into buying a fresh TV instead of getting these boxes . First , many ca n’t afford them , so they should n’t be diss for being poor – forget the fact that they plausibly do n’t have the cyberspace either . It may take them 3 - 4 years to save for the TV . Second , I use my laptop computer to watch TV all the prison term , using a Hauppauge wireless , because my 58″ HDTV ca n’t seem to bring in some channels like 15 , where the Maury Show and Judge Maria Lopez are my morning menu . I desire a digital to analog convertor box to hook up to the analog only tuner so I can proceed to catch computing machine TV , because it ’s cheap than a laptop digital wireless and nothing is unseasonable with my tuner to warrant junking it . Plus , we have a 53″ projection television receiver in the sleeping room and I ca n’t afford to bribe several expensive HDTV ’s when we basically only see the late news back there , so a box IS the voguish choice for that tv set , too , until price go down . So tell your author to retrieve before they go disdainful and intimidation , because there are many good intellect multitude might need a converter boxful even with cable , as I have . Multiple TV homes might not want to spend a luck just because some idiot calls them “ grannies ” for being a wise consumer . Wendy
What are you going to do when the transition dispatch ? Get a new TV , or get a converter for your old Seth ?
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