[rabidralph]

How can someone own a TV and not be able to come up with 40-70 dollars for the set-top box? Maybe they should start saving now? This is ridiculous. If they just cut out the purchase of two cartons of cigarettes, they’ll have the money for the set-top box.

[GAB-1955]

Look, this is a hare-brained idea of Congress, but I’m going to get a coupon because I don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on a new TV set when we got a new one just two years ago (my daughter won it in a DAV raffle). I only want it to see football.

[Hyzenthlay]

Um... if they got the TV for free, for one thing. IIRC, my family only ever bought one TV (we have about 5 by now) and all the rest were hand-me-downs from friends or extended family from when they got new, bigger, better TV’s.

[visualops]

How can someone own a TV and not be able to come up with 40-70 dollars for the set-top box?

Not my fault the gubmint mandate is making my TV a doorstop. The coupons will be paid for by the auctioned analog frequencies, it's not taxpayer money you ignoramus.

[Kozak]

How can someone own a TV and not be able to come up with 40-70 dollars for the set-top box? Maybe they should start saving now? This is ridiculous. If they just cut out the purchase of two cartons of cigarettes, they’ll have the money for the set-top box.

Just wait. if little Johnny Edwards gets elected it will be free HDTV's and free cable for the downtrodden masses.