Re: OT: TV converter boxes

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:53:52 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jan wrote:
And now you are exagerating anyways, most people have the boxes so they can use
their old analog 1958 CRTs ;-)

Then you don't really know Americans :-)

He may know one of us, at least. I don't have even 1 HDTV here and I
have two children still living with me. Just picked up the prepaid
two converter boxes for NTSC sets we do have, last week. But I don't
intend on purchasing HDTVs until they are MUCH lower in cost. I'm
expecting the prices to be where I want them in about 5 years or
perhaps a little longer, yet. I'm in no rush to pay the prices I see
for such a near pointless gismo. (Though, with fuel prices and the
housing market in a spiral in many places, I might be able to pick one
up earlier in a fire sale.)

Jon
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