tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| Should I buy a digital tv?
I still have an analogue traditional standard definition tv.
Should I buy a digital tv? I plan on keeping it until it dies. then get a digital one.
The OBVIOUS thing is you wouldn't buy an analogue tv above 13 inches. They will be soon discontinued so the only tv's that will be left in the market MUST at a minimum be DIGITAL, ANALOGUE hybrids, capable of DIGITAL tv signal conversion under the ASTC label.. what would have helped the consumer is some better EDUCATION with a "ATSC" Digital television logo. |
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Boricua65
join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico | I'm keeping mine, I don't care what they say. |
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benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL | reply to tmc8080
Can you just buy an adapter, so you can connect digital to analog?
So you wouldn't get HD, but you can still use the TV for awhile longer. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to Boricua65
said by Boricua65  :I'm keeping mine, I don't care what they say. Keep it, but if you dont get a digital tuner after Feb 17, 2009 you aren't gong to get anything on your TV using an attena. |
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BodyBumper
join:2004-06-21
Beverly Hills, CA | reply to Boricua65
I already have a digital OTA box connected to my "Analog" TV I don't need an High Definition TV. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by BodyBumper :I already have a digital OTA box connected to my "Analog" TV I don't need an High Definition TV. good for you. No one said you did. |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
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I am keeping my old Sony KV-1972R until the bitter end (and maybe beyond). Since I purchased it back in 1985, I have had to replace the speaker (1986), voltage regulator (1994) and just last year the flyback transformer (which burned out with a cloud of acrid smoke). It works fine with cable.
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I support the right to keep and arm bears. |
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whocares
Premium
join:2003-07-26
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1 edit | reply to BF69
said by BF69 :said by Boricua65 :I'm keeping mine, I don't care what they say. Keep it, but if you dont get a digital tuner after Feb 17, 2009 you aren't gong to get anything on your TV using an attena. AND I WOULD imagine that the cost of a new tuner, and having it installed, would be about or equal to a new tv .
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Those that ONLY see the worst in this world & the worst in people,will never see the beauty of this world, nor never find TRUE FRIENDS,or happiness. |
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BodyBumper
join:2004-06-21
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :said by BodyBumper :I already have a digital OTA box connected to my "Analog" TV I don't need an High Definition TV. good for you. No one said you did. You completely misunderstand the point of a discussion forum. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to whocares
said by whocares :said by BF69 :said by Boricua65 :I'm keeping mine, I don't care what they say. Keep it, but if you dont get a digital tuner after Feb 17, 2009 you aren't gong to get anything on your TV using an attena. AND I WOULD imagine that the cost of a new tuner, and having it installed, would be about or equal to a new tv . -- Hooking a tuner up is as easy as hooking up a DVD player or cable box. You can do it yourself for free. As I said you get a $40 coupon from Uncle Sam to go towards your tuner. And you can get on for $80 so that's really $40. And the prices will probably drop by Feb 2009. |
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53059959
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone
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said by BodyBumper :You completely misunderstand the point of a discussion forum. I thought it was to make yourself feel good by harassing/pissing other people off?
wtf am I doing here? |
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jester121
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to tmc8080
What does size have to do with it? My little pocket sized 5 inch TV that I take to football games is going in the trash after the 2008 season because it has an analog tuner. |
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Boricua65
join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico | reply to BF69
I'll watch out for those prices. |
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non
@pacbell.net | reply to jester121
maybe these tuners will eventually be very small and cheap, so keep your tv for awhile |
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roc5955
Premium
join:2005-11-26
Rosendale, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to n2jtx
Wow! I used to sell those wholesale at Bryce in NYC on 40th street. They sure last a good long time. They will continue to work with cable as long as the cable company does their job.
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
| I have always been impressed with Sony hardware. Their TV's do manage to hold up a long time. Had I not had the talent to do the repairs myself I would have had to scrap it already since the cost for someone to fix it for me would have been more than picking up a cheapo replacement.
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I support the right to keep and arm bears. |
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UncleDirtNap
join:2006-08-26
Pittsburgh, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to n2jtx
"I am keeping my old Sony KV-1972R until the bitter end (and maybe beyond). Since I purchased it back in 1985, I have had to replace the speaker (1986), voltage regulator (1994) and just last year the flyback transformer (which burned out with a cloud of acrid smoke). It works fine with cable."
I sure it's a fine TV and I can understand not wanting to spend money when you don't have to... but even under the best of circumstances those 22 year old pixels can't be glowing the way they did when you first bought it.
Watching that thing has got to be brutal on the eyes by now. |
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