Digital TV, Costly changeover?


	Digital TV, Costly changeover?

Geshizar

5-1-2008 5:26 PM

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digital, tv, change over

Geshizar says:

Sounds like if you are a basic cable subscriber you may be screwed. But like most things this has more to do with back-scatching, palm greasing and huge amounts of money more then anything else.

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was surprised to learn that thanks
to the transition, she would have to
rent a converter box for $5.95 per
month, per television set, plus pay
for a $60 service call to install it.
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receive analog service — meaning
they probably plug their cable
wire straight into the back of their
set and do not have a set-top box —
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