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From: Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel@gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
To: video4linux-list@redhat.com
Subject: DTV2009 (was Re: Sabrent Philips7130 PCI TV Tuner -&- Yes, the USA is going digital.)
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:16:54 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20080701T070523-486@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 869807.56113.qm@web63010.mail.re1.yahoo.com

One good thread hijacking deserves another:

Fritz Katz <frtzkatz <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> 
> --- On Mon, 6/30/08, hermann pitton <hermann-pitton <at> arcor.de> wrote:
>> > Are those warnings already valid for all over the US or in
> > California only?
> 
>  The entire USA will go digital on Feb. 17, 2009. There will be no analog
> broadcasts after that. 

There will be no analog OTA broadcasts, but analog cable TV will continue until
2012.

>  The US Government is giving everyone with old TVs $40 (about 25 Euros) for
> each TV in their home to buy ATSC converter boxes:
> 
>   https://www.dtv2009.gov/

That's only up to two TVs per home, and only on specific models of converter.
The $40/€25 must be used within 90 days after it is sent.

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-01  7:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-30 22:02 DVICO dual express second tuner? Fritz Katz
2008-07-01  0:44 ` hermann pitton
2008-07-01  5:30   ` Sabrent Philips7130 PCI TV Tuner -&- Yes, the USA is going digital Fritz Katz
2008-07-01  7:16     ` Daniel Gimpelevich [this message]
2008-07-01 14:36       ` DTV2009 (was Re: Sabrent Philips7130 PCI TV Tuner -&- Yes, the USA is going digital.) Jay R. Ashworth
2008-07-01 17:35         ` Daniel Gimpelevich
2008-07-01  8:06     ` Sabrent Philips7130 PCI TV Tuner -&- Yes, the USA is going digital Alan Cox
2008-07-01 10:21       ` Andy Walls
2008-07-02 23:26       ` hermann pitton
2008-07-01  2:41 ` DVICO dual express second tuner? Paul Kelly

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