The converter is NOT free as with everything else the government comes up
with. You get a $40 discount card and the average cost when you submit the
$40 discount card is about $24 dollars. How well the converter box works
depends on your antenne.
If you want to do something great, stop buying anything from Best Buy.

"Claude Hopper (11) 5. ?" <boobooililililil@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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> jim wrote:
> > (While I know that most Linux users can pretty well take care of
themselves,
> > I thought you may want to pass this along to your PC friends - just in
> > case.)
> >
> > As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates right
out
> > of their stores. So, it is reasonable to assume that Best Buy sets the
tone
> > for how Geek Squad operates (except for the influence that Microsoft's
> > $200,000,000 cash infusion gives them, of course).
> >
> > Seeing as how the tone for the overall Best Buy/Geek Squad operations
are
> > set by Best Buy, it would behoove people to take note as to how Best Buy
> > treats its customers before using the services of Geek Squad.
> >
> > As reported on CNET
> > (http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-994...?tag=nefd.top), Best Buy
has
> > been selling customers old ANALOG (that means the TVs are not ready for
the
> > February 17, 2009 switch of ALL television to digital signals)
televisions
> > without the stickers MANDATED by the FCC that warn buyers that the sets
will
> > not work after February 17, 2009 without buying an additional digital
> > converter.
> >
> > That's nice. Screwing the public to dump old analog TVs that will work
for
> > less than a year without the new digital signal converters.
> >
> > Makes me wonder what old, out-of-date crap Geek Squad is installing on
> > people's PCs.
> >
> > ji
> >
> >
> They will work fine on cable or satellite. Its only if you use a roof
> antenna that you need a converter which is free if you get the
> government coupon for it. Maybe you should get educated before
> broadcasting garbage.
>
> --
> Claude Hopper :)
>
> ? ? ¥