Digital Apathy

Sometimes it just doesn't pay to play by the rules. I watch broadcast TV, and as most of you should know, the analog signals were supposed to be shut off in the middle of the month.

So I ordered the coupon, and waited for it. While waiting for it, I researched converter boxes, and found the one that I wanted. Then last month I looked at various places to order it from. I had some trouble there in that they ran out of stock before they processed my order, and the restock date they had was the day after my coupon expired. But I got lucky, and they got some in before then and shipped it out.

After I got it, I waited about a week, since I needed to find a place to set it, and to get some of the cables I needed for it. Once I got that all taken care of, I tried it out.

I am feeling kind of mixed about it. The picture is better, although the sound the box puts out is low in volume. There's no code for it for a universal remote, so I'll have to get a learning remote so I can use a single remote. And I had to do some playing around with the antenna to find the best position for it; this is further complicated by the fact that a lot of stations are going to switch frequencies after, so I don't know if I'll need a new antenna.

But now I hear that the change-over is probably going to be delayed until June. I worked hard to get myself ready, and now it's all held up by some slow-pokes who fiddled away these past months. Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be the ant (from the story of the ant and the grasshopper).