Is the difference between a coaxial connection and a converter box? I'd guess that if you have to connect your antenna to the TV with a standard screwdriver, you've got an analog connection.
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Pinwiz - Jan 17, 2008 1:23:09 pm PST #4415 of 25501
Missing in action since 2002...
P.M. Marc - Jan 17, 2008 1:40:54 pm PST #4416 of 25501
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So if it's got a remote, it's a digital TV?
Nope.
In theory, once they start selling converter boxes as more than a speciality item this year, with the FCC $40 coupon, it'll be about $10-$20 to get a box so that any old TV can get a digital signal.
DebetEsse - Jan 17, 2008 2:19:17 pm PST #4417 of 25501
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I was told, third hand, by tech support that the Gateways I wanted to get for my classroom will not work on the network (Internet, Lotus notes, network drives), and that I should get one of a list of twice-as-expensive IBMs. This smells funny to me, but I want to confirm that it really is bullshit before I call Bullshit and talk to Tech Support directly.
amych - Jan 17, 2008 2:38:26 pm PST #4418 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sounds like bullshit. Now, it may be that your support group has some kind of service contract that they want/need to deal with, but all the stuff on your list can be done with pretty much any internet-capable machine.
Jessica - Jan 17, 2008 2:49:09 pm PST #4419 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So if it's got a remote, it's a digital TV?
Not by default no - sorry, I should have been more clear. What I was trying to say (badly) was that almost all new (or even not-that-new) TVs already have the capability to decode digital off-air signals. Most people will not have to buy new TVs.
(And that's if the digital switch actually happens on schedule - this is the what, third time it's been pushed back? Fourth?)
dcp - Jan 17, 2008 3:58:18 pm PST #4420 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
DebetEsse - Jan 17, 2008 4:42:35 pm PST #4421 of 25501
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Thanks.
I'm going to choose to believe that the digital thing is the cover story for a conspiracy...now to figure out that conspiracy it's covering up...
Jon B. - Jan 17, 2008 5:14:53 pm PST #4422 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Well, there's the fact that the government gave away the digital spectrum to existing analog broadcasters. The analog spectrum is being given back to the government who will auction it off. This was a HUGE giveaway to the Telecoms. The government should have instead auctioned off the digital spectrum, allowing the telecoms to sell off the analog frequencies they no longer needed.
Don't even get me started about the whole telecom immunity bullcrap.
tommyrot - Jan 17, 2008 5:16:20 pm PST #4423 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yep, according to Republicans, Welfare is good - as long as it's the corporations getting it....
P.M. Marc - Jan 17, 2008 5:32:08 pm PST #4424 of 25501
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sigh. Anyone have any recs for laptop battery sellers? My beloved ThinkPad Z60t's battery is fading (after less than a year and half of use, though admittedly, pretty heavy daily unplugged use), and I'm leery of shelling out $150 or more for an OEM one.