[Grovenet] Digital Electronics

[chuck]

Sounds like a real pickle Katie.  Unless you convert to Cable/Satellite 
- which of course is what they want.  I was at Blockbuster Sat night - 
and the place was packed - guess Comcast was out due to someone stealing 
some copper line - glad I don't have Comcast. 

Verizon has also been pushing their packages on us.  Of course if you 
accept the digital telephone deal, you can no longer use the old 
fashioned analog phones (the ones that don't need an outlet) which 
really come in handy during a power outtage (as in they still work just 
fine).

I'm no expert - so I turned to google - and found this.  Hope it 
helps.........

http://dtvfacts.com/digital-tv-converter-box/

chuck


Katie Allnutt wrote:
> Has anybody come across this dilemma yet?
> We are simpletons. Not that we are dumb, but we live a simple life.  
> We have an old fashioned antenna on the roof and get out TV for free.  
> But I do like to tape the Sunday morning news programs and watch them  
> at my leisure. (One is on channel 6, one is on channel 8 and  
> sometimes I'll record channel 2 or 12 also depending on  what time  
> they come on since I can only record one channel at a time.)
>
> Right now life is good. I can program the recorder to turn itself on,  
> change the channels at the appropriate time, record what I want and  
> turn itself off.  All of this can happen with me in a different city  
> if I wish.
>
> With all the new conversion to digital stuff coming out, we  
> understand that we will have to get a converter box and all that. But  
> we have talked to the young bucks at the electronics stores (they can  
> hardly fathom life with an antenna) and for the most part they have  
> no clue how to solve the dilemma without replacing all our electronics.
> How in the world with a converter box do you get the different  
> signals to come out of the converter box? It appears that the digital  
> boxes will only send out the signal of one channel at a time. If I  
> want to record 2 or three shows on different channels, I have to  
> manually tell the converter box to change the channels.
>
> Analog pass through does not seem to be the answer because come Feb  
> '09 the signals that I want to send to the VCR will not be analog, so  
> they won't pass through. And the box seems to only convert one signal  
> at a time.
>
> Short from buying a recording device that has a built in digital  
> tuner (expensive!) does anybody have any a clue how to deal with  
> this?  Besides stop watching the talking heads of course....
>
>
> Katie
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> GroveNet mailing list
> GroveNet at rdrop.com
> http://www.rdrop.com/mailman/listinfo/grovenet
>
>