[PAR35]

Sufficient coupons are available for approximately 1/20th of the population of the US, but you must use your coupon within 90 days of the issuance date. So you have to decide whether to apply for one early, or risk waiting until later.

[i_dont_chat]

I signed up for my 2 coupons.

[SpaceBar]

I was noted on another forum that the vouchers expire not long after the date of reservation. Therefore it’s wise to wait until you actually plan to redeem it.

[Drango]

No coupons for me as I have cable...can I get a pony instead?

[traditional1]

Cost to taxpyers=$990 million when passed in 2005, with automatic additional funding up to $1.5 billion.

I would like to know where in the U.S. Constituiton the "right to own a TV" is? Is there something in there that provides a TV set as a basic "right" under said Constitution????

[alloysteel]

Analog TV sets - don’t they EVER burn out?

How about a shot fired through the picture tube?

Wouldn’t it be easier in the long run to simply swap out all the old sets that cannot process digital TV, and ship them over to China or someplace? The Chinese, clever folk they are, can convert them more cheaply than can be done in this country.

[Syncro]

Will this digital signal still go out over the air?

If not, how do you get it without a cable or satellite setup?

If so, how does it free up the airways?

[theymakemesick]

Since TV is not eneumerated in the Bill of Rights, I’m applying for mine and burning them. That will keep me from having to subsidise someone’s TV in some tiny amount.

[cgbg]

Grab the popcorn folks. This will be like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

The people most likely to need the new boxes (no cable, no satellite) will be those hardest to reach and least likely to understand the changes, and least able to figure out how to connect the new boxes to their TV sets if they are able to figure out they need them.

There will be several million blank TV sets next year, and a whole lot of really angry folks.

If you meet any just remember to tell them to call their Congress-critter.

(On second thought, if a Democrat is President, tell them to call the White House.)

:-)

[Titan Magroyne]

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