Re: Why Buy a Converter?

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:04:08 +0000 (UTC) Alan <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| In article <F3MQj.33895$tG6.12630@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Lee
<lbray5032@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
|>Rog' wrote:
|>> Is there any reason for those of us who rely on cable or satellite,
|>> and expect that we always will, to buy a subsidized converter for
|>> our analog-TV's?  Maybe just in case someone blows up our
|>> cable-headquarters and takes out the satellites?
|>
|>How about losing your power and you drag out your battery TV that you 
|>plugged into the car to check on the storm?  I keep one just for that 
|>reason as I live in Florida.
|>
|>L e e
| 
|  I saw small inverters that plug into the lighter outlet and would run
| a small TV (and converter) just fine.  75 watts output power, just a few
| cents under $10.
| 
|  Someone wanted battery powered converters or battery powered digital TV
| sets.  Seems that there is an easy solution.

For battery powered "at home" usage, that should be fine.  For hand held
****table operation, a converter add-on is impractical (unless it is a
plug-in
module).  I'm still looking for a (not cheap brand) small ****table TV with
digital and analog tuner.

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