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Hundreds Line Up For Free Digital Converter Boxes (The Katrina of television)
WLWT Cincinnati ^
| June 12, 2009
| WLWT
Posted on 06/12/2009 7:10:03 AM PDT by TSgt
CINCINNATI -- Hundreds lined up Friday morning for free digital converter boxes.
The Freestore Foodbank announced Thursday that it would offer 250 free converter boxes at its office in Over-the-Rhine Friday morning at 8 a.m.
By 5 a.m., more than 300 people had lined up. By 8 a.m., that number had swelled to more than 600.
Because of the large turnout, not everyone in line would be receiving a free digital converter box.
A digital converter box is needed by anyone who does not have cable, satellite television or a digital antenna.
The government has offered coupons to help people cover the cost of digital converter boxes, which can be purchased at most electronics stores.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: convertbox; converterbox; dnctv; dtv
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As Willie Cunningham (700-WLW) put it, "Digital television is here, will the stupid riot in the streets."
Note those standing in line for a free converter.
This is the Katrina of television.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:10:03 AM PDT
by
TSgt
To: MikeWUSAF
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:12:44 AM PDT
by
FreeSouthernAmerican
(All we ask is to be let alone----Jefferson Davis)
To: MikeWUSAF
But since welfare already furnishes them with cable, you can expect to see these being sold on fleabay within the next few days.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:13:33 AM PDT
by
Concho
( No Birth Certificate-No Census!)
To: MikeWUSAF
When they find out they still need an antenna they will riot.
Many of the rabbit ears that people use now will not be up to the job for digital.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:14:14 AM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(Obama hasn't just open Pandora's box, he has thrown us inside and closed the lid.)
To: MikeWUSAF
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:15:03 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Rock and roll ain't worth the name if it don't make ya strut)
To: MikeWUSAF
they hear “free” and flock, just wait until health care is “free”, 800 in line at every ER.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:20:11 AM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: MikeWUSAF
More free cheese too!
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:23:29 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: Brookhaven
Many of the rabbit ears that people use now will not be up to the job for digital.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:25:31 AM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: MikeWUSAF
0bama's image of the future of America.
To: MikeWUSAF
What they don’t tell you is that most of those older TV’s need at least another cable and some kind of converter box in order to run them. (I’ve had two calls yesterday from older neighbors with old sets that aren’t compatible and have had to purchase additional equipment in order for the FREE STUFF to work).
Wait till htese crowds get them home and find out they can’t watch them.... Hoo boy.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:28:06 AM PDT
by
SueRae
To: Brookhaven
When they find out they still need an antenna they will riot.
Many of the rabbit ears that people use now will not be up to the job for digital. Yup, that's true. Fund plans for a fractal antenna that shows promise in initial tests. Will test further today.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:30:40 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|"AlsoSprachTelethustra"-NonValueAdded|Lk21:36|FireTheLiar)
To: MikeWUSAF
Note those standing in line for a free converter. Probably most of them have cable and don't realize they don't need a converter.
"But the TV station said we would need one!"
Kinda like in the Marines when the new guy is told to go ask the Motor Pool Gunny for the keys to the tank.
And this is why the switchover was delayed.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:31:39 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
To: SueRae
What they don’t tell you is that most of those older TV’s need at least another cable and some kind of converter box in order to run them. (I’ve had two calls yesterday from older neighbors with old sets that aren’t compatible and have had to purchase additional equipment in order for the FREE STUFF to work).
Exactly! Like the 75-300 Ohm twin-lead transformer...
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:32:53 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
To: MikeWUSAF
"As Willie Cunningham (700-WLW) put it, "Digital television is here, will the stupid riot in the streets." I've been saying this since they switched the date from February. At least then it would have been cold and kept people in.
Today it's cloudy and rainy in Cincinnati, but if it gets hot this weekend we'll probably see some rioting over this. Maybe on a small scale, maybe like the riots we had in 2001. Who knows.
If it starts up again, so be it. I got my ccw a couple months ago, so I'm covered outside, and I have trusty Mr. 12 gauge if them rioting thugs want to come in here.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:33:35 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(F.U.B.O.)
To: MikeWUSAF
whadayamean wegotta buy a “transformer”
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:35:16 AM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: MikeWUSAF
Cool. Thank you for that. I’m going to print it for them so they understand what they need.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:37:07 AM PDT
by
SueRae
To: MikeWUSAF
Months ago I got the discount coupons for my mom and sister (both disabled) and ourselves...five in total. As of today, only 2 are still working! lol figures
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:39:51 AM PDT
by
sweet_diane
(embracing Him.)
To: MikeWUSAF
What??? A free
converter box ???
I demand a FREE 46" HDTV !!!
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:40:55 AM PDT
by
Lurking in Kansas
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: N. Theknow
Probably most of them have cable and don't realize they don't need a converter. Probably most of them heard "free" and "TV" and showed up to get whatever they could get their hands on, regardless of need.
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:42:03 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(John Galt was exiled.)
To: MikeWUSAF
Great, Mike... giving out ALL the secrets are you?
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posted on
06/12/2009 7:42:16 AM PDT
by
Lurking in Kansas
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down their level, then beat you with experience.)
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