I don't hardly have any eyes around here, my dog can't help me yet though he
tries so hard, and no one else is ever around here. My only real show is
about 1 morning every other week or so.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: Digital to analog TV converter boxes
> Of course, there are those of us who have no eyes around and really do
> have to
> deal with accessibility issues. It becomes a completely different ball
> game
> when something has to be 100% accessible in order to be of use.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:29:27 -0400
>> From: Louis Kim Kline <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Digital to analog TV converter boxes
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> The tag line is funny, since the Start Trek episodes on DVD are one of
>> the
>> things that I cannot access (except for the first episode on each disk)
>> because of the stupid menu that they have set up.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>>
>> At 09:40 PM 3/10/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Hi Lou,
>> >I share your frustration with the lack of accessibility to set top boxes
>> >and
>> >the like, but I am not letting this inaccessible world shut me out! I
>> >have
>> >used receivers and transmitters that didn't talk, cell phones that
>> >didn't
>> >have voice synthesizers in them and I used to tune up my old DX 100 by
>> >listening to the transformer hum and I used to set the drive by
>> >listening to
>> >the time it took for the meter needle to return to the 0 stop. But I'm
>> >not
>> >going to give up on any communication mode because of ignorance. That
>> >also
>> >includes digital ssb which I think sounds terrible, but I'm hoping that
>> >it
>> >will get better with time.
>> >I'm going to keep accessing the difficult because it is a challenge!
>> >Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
>> >Skype name: bobtinn
>> >Live Long and Prosper!
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:20 PM
>> >Subject: Re: Digital to analog TV converter boxes
>> >
>> >
>> >Hi.
>> >
>> >With the fiasco that I've had with DVDs and accessibility, I've pretty
>> >well
>> >decided to cease to receive television signals when analog goes dark.
>> >I'm
>> >sick of wasting money on things that the industry decides will be
>> >obsolete
>> >long before it wears out, and I detest of filling landfills just so
>> >someone
>> >can make a heap of money.
>> >
>> >They can stick their DTV.
>> >
>> >73, de Lou K2LKK
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >At 11:37 PM 3/9/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>> > >You have to use it within 90 days but the catch is they're only going
>> > >to
>> > >issue
>> > >something like 30 million of them so if you wait too long you won't
>> > >get
>> > >one but
>> > >if you buy now it may be nearly a year before you can use the box and
>> > >it
>> > >surely
>> > >may have developed problems by then. Its never for electronics to
>> > >sit.
>> > >
>> > >Last I heard they'd already issued about a third of the coupons they
>> > >intend
>> > >to
>> > >give out.
>> > >
>> > >Tom
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>> > >web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>> > >
>> > >On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Butch Bussen wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:19:46 -0700
>> > > > From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > > Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators
>> > > > <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > > > Subject: Re: Digital to analog TV converter boxes
>> > > >
>> > > > I think you have to use the coupon within 30 days, I do know there
>> > > > is a
>> > > > time limit, so don't apply until you're ready to buy.
>> > > > 73s
>> > > > Butch Bussen
>> > > > wa0vjr
>> > > >
>> > > > On Fri, 7 Mar 2008,
>> > > > Bob Tinney wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Hi,
>> > > > > I've been putting off getting a converter box, but the discussion
>> > > > > on
>> > > > > this
>> > > > > list reminded me to apply for 2 coupons as my audio tv receivers
>> > > > > are
>> > > analog
>> > > > > and are not hooked to cable. Just google "digital converter box
>> > > coupon" and
>> > > > > fill out the form.
>> > > > > 73
>> > > > > Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
>> > > > > Skype name: bobtinn
>> > > > > Live Long and Prosper!
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >--
>> > >No virus found in this incoming message.
>> > >Checked by AVG.
>> > >Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1324 - Release Date:
>> > >3/10/2008
>> > >7:27 PM
>> >
>> >Louis Kim Kline
>> >A.R.S. K2LKK
>> >Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> >Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> >Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >No virus found in this incoming message.
>> >Checked by AVG.
>> >Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1324 - Release Date:
>> >3/10/2008
>> >7:27 PM
>>
>> Louis Kim Kline
>> A.R.S. K2LKK
>> Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
>>
>>
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