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1. Since when did TV (of any form) become a government subsudized right instead of a priviledge in this country? Last time I checked you could run down to your local Worst Buy and get a digital TV for less than $300. That's roughly 3 times more than what these coupons would allow for - I have to personally think that if you can't afford even a modest digital TV that maybe you shouldn'nt be spending so much time in front of an analog TV (sorry, a bit hard nose I know).

2. With all of our budget issues (republicans and democrats are equally guilty here), do we really need to be spending $1,500,000,000 on a non-essential communication protocol? Where else can we realistically use that money? Education? Healthcare reform? Social Security reform? The list is rather long.

Just my two cents...]]>Jul 26th 2006 1:45PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/digital-tv-converter-coupons-who-gets-them-and-how-much/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/25/digital-tv-converter-coupons-who-gets-them-and-how-much/
Now that new TVs have the ATSC tuner built in, it seems harder and harder for me to find a set top box to go with my HDTV ready TV. The ones that I can find all seem to be in the $200+ price range. If I can just get a new TV with the tuner built in for that price, I'm more likely to do that.

This just brings up the next stage. I'd rather that the government stepped up to help us poor slobs get rid of our old electronics without a surreptitious trip to a neighborhood dumpster, or without paying outrageous fees.
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