>>>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
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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.

Perhaps I misunderstood. I thought that to get digital TV, you'd have to have cable or satellite.

Tamar