Television stations go digital this Friday @ 11:59 PM, so don't forget if you have an antenna you WILL need a converter box to continue to receive television stations.
Now, don't get a 'converter' box and a cable box confused, if you have cable now you do not need a converter box. You will however need a 'converter' box if you use and external antenna to receive TV channels.
In other words if you do not get a monthly bill for cable or steal it you need a 'converter' box.
Here's a little tip for those that do have cable and do not need a 'converter' box.
The cable company will give you a couple of 'cable' boxes free of charge, but you have to go to Salisbury and go directly to the office and sweet talk them but they will do it.
Why? That's what I said too, but my son went and picked-up one and we get a lot more channels then the TV itself would receive. It also gives you access to on-demand, I thought it was only because we had an old TV but he went and picked-up another box and connected to a brand new LCD TV and it gets a lot more channels with the box then it did without it also.
Good luck on the change from analog to digital.
I think the whole idea is a bunch of horse sh*t and a waste of money and one more way to control us.
ReplyDeleteNo more pirate TV stations!
We are the only nation in the world that is doing this?
What is up?
I'm not to keen on the change thing either. But after some minor research these boxes look promising as far as modification.
ReplyDeleteSo far as to what I have read once we get one box modified it's easy to clone another box.
The problem, well maybe not a problem but one thing I do not like at all is that each and every box talks to the cable company, they are not plug and play and must be activated by calling the cable company and giving them the identifying number on the box, this tells us they know where the box is and what it's doing if they wish to check it.