On Jan 15, 7:36*pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
wrote in message

...

- I'm still fairly confused myself as to what all will have to be done
- to upgrade my televisions. *I suppose there will be an added
*expense
- to purchase the converter boxes. *I think there are so many free
ones
- but then that's it, right?? *Or is it so many per household.??
-
- You will need to purchase converter boxes. *These will most likely
not
- deliver as good a picture as you are used to seeing on your analog
set
- (pixelization, etc). I know our satellite TV has this problem.
-
- The boxes will not be free. Current estimates are about $70 each,
- and the government will give out vouchers, if requested, good for
- $40 toward the purchase of up to two converter boxes per household.
-

BAD,

WalMart now has DVD Players with built-in Digital Tuners for under
$200.

The built-in HDTV "Digital" {ATSC} Tuner can be used as the
Over-the-Air "Set Top" Box.


Top 5 External "ATSC" Digital HDTV Set-Top Receivers {Tuners}
http://tv.about.com/od/accesspries/t...SCreceiver.htm

ATSC {HDTV} Tuner for the USA
-Note- ATSC = Advanced Television Systems Committee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_tuner
* The ATSC {HDTV} Standard-Specification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_Standards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance...tems_Committee
ATSC .Org - http://www.atsc.org/

High-Definition Television (HDTV)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television

Digital "HD" Television in United States of America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...tes_of_America

ABOUT - Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...ial_television

What About - "HDTV" in Canada - Digital Television in Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...sion_in_Canada
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

World Wide "Digital Television" (DT) Deployments by Country
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templat...on_deployments

The HDTV [PC] Tuner Information Site
http://www.hdtvtunerinfo.com/
Put a HDTV in your Personal Computer


as always more than you wanted to know ~ RHF {pomkia}