Amethyst and I just got a new 51” television. This is the biggest TV I've/We've ever owned. It is big.... really, really big. Our TV can also handle HD, but it is only HDTV Ready. That means that the TV lacks the digital tuner that would be able to intercept and decode a digital signal. Instead, our TV requires external devices to do the decoding.
We currently don't subscribe to cable TV and instead use a good pair of “rabbit ears.” As of February 17, 2009, we can longer use this option due to the forced, digital-broadcast switch. I've started to look at my options as an owner of a HDTV-Ready TV.
1. Subscribe to cable/satellite. I could get the cheapest and most basic option. This will give me just the basic stations I get already, but they would be in HD & no futzing with the rabbit ears. The main reason I want to avoid this is because I don't want to add another subscription-based bill to our collection of subscription-based bills.
2. Buy a Digital Tuner and an HD Antenna. This is the option I'm leaning toward despite the $200 price tag. We could get the local HD channels and not have to pay a cent to any in order to watch them.
3. Buy the Converter Box with the $40 coupon. I wouldn't get to watch my local channels in HD, but I would only be spending around $10-20 for the option to watch TV after February 17, 2009.
4.Buy a new TV. Not likely.
I don't handle change very well. I'm handling this even worse due to the fact that money has to be spent in order to get same 5 channels I've been happy with for years. If only I could get Netflix “On Demand” movies on my TV, then I would truly happy.
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