Originally posted by KJ_dragon:
Are there any DVR's out there that do not require a subscription service?
Yeah, they are out there. The really good ones are kind of expensive. The less expensive ones might not give you the programming guide (Which would not make anything simpler for the situation you are trying to resolve).
Originally posted by Andre the Giant:
The federal government is handing out coupons worth $40 each, (2 per household) towards the purchase of a DTV converter box.
I signed up and got two of the coupons (You can still get the coupons even if you are a cable subscriber).
I use it for viewing OTA broadcast channels. The cable signal coming down the pipe on those channels, really two or three of them kind of sucks.
Those coupons come with a 90 day expiration date. I got a Zenith box and was hoping to use the other one to check out the Echostar box. Since the Echostar box doesn't look like it is coming out soon, it looks like my other coupon will expire in a couple of weeks without being used.
I think it was probably stupid for the government to put 90 day expiration dates on the coupons.