It may be available without a subscription but it still will require an antenna capable of receiving DTV signals over the air and a new DTV receiver that can decode the digital signals. Not so cheap as it used to be when all you needed was the antenna and the tv. I will never forget my dad on our roof moving the antenna around for a clearer reception when we got our first color tv in the 60s... It was a quazar! :o)



>>>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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>How so? I have an Off-the-air signal antennae that picks up digital signals for all my local channels here in Phoenix. Those are not pay stations. I could have my satellite service shut off tomorrow and still be able to receive those stations.