Yeah the zenith is supposed to be good, red reports on the AFB newsletter.
But none of those boxes are totally accessible.  I don't have to worry about
them as have cable through at&t u-verse which also gives me a great
broadband connection.  I just wish the menus were accessible.  


 
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 12:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A New c c Radio with a Twist

Get a coupon for a converter box.  Zenith ones are $60 at circuit city less
the $40 coupon of course.  They actually work very well have a tone for
signal strength even.  Has rf out and audio video out.
73
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
open Node 3148
Las Vegas


On Sat, 22 Nov
2008, John Miller wrote:

> I know my TV's dying and I can't afford a new one. What I'll do when 
> it completely gives up I have no clue.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: A New c c Radio with a Twist
>
>
>> Yep, I haven't seen anything cheap as far as a digital tv.  We were 
>> talking about buying Libbie's dad a ttv for his kitchen, and they are 
>> expensive.  No longer can we buy a color tv for under a hundred.  One 
>> of the many down sides to this digital thing the fcc crammed down our 
>> throats.  If the American public only knew how many millions and 
>> millions of dollars are being spend to replace and upgrade  equipment.
>>
>> I haven't done much messing with smaller tvs, but I've found, as have 
>> other ham friends, that the converter boxes seem to have much hotter 
>> front ends in them than tv sets do.  I've tried the zenith box here 
>> in Vegas, and get good signals off of rabbit ears.
>>
>> And, then there is the environment.  How many thousand or millions of 
>> old sets are going to land fills.
>>
>> 73
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>> open Node 3148
>> Las Vegas
>
>