>>But if they have to buy their own TV, why shouldn't they have to buy it's accessories?
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>What's going on here is that the government is about to pretty much do away with free TV. Up to now, once you bought a TV, you could use it forever at no cost (except electricity). The US government is mandating a switch to digital, which will eliminate free over-the-air TV. It's really outrageous and a gift to the companies that provide for-pay TV.
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>Tamar

You may be right. That hadn't occurred to me. Maybe then it makes sense for the Government to subsidize the converter. A few bucks out, megabucks in.