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Converter Boxes Rock

Submitted by Jamie on March 27, 2008 - 16:33.

I got my coupon a couple weeks ago, and after doing some online research, I decided to get the Insignia box from Best Buy. It cost me $20 after the coupon. I read negative reviews of the cheaper Magnovox offered at Walmart. Actually, I bought two, one for me and one for my parents.

Let me tell you: this digital TV ROCKS!!! Before I got maybe 10 or 11 channels over the air, many of them fuzzy due to reception. Now I have 24 channels of perfectly clear digital TV (four of them are audio channels with a weather map for video). I obviously have much more programing to choose from. I also love the program guide that tells you what shows are coming up next. It is in many ways just as good as the kind of service you would get from cable, except for $0/month (not accounting for lost productivity on your part because of your new time-wasting options!)

Anyone in an urban area will greatly appreciate this box - get it NOW. I have heard that if you live on the outskirts of a broadcasting area, you might be screwed - because with digital, it's either all or nothing, so if before you were barely getting anything, now you might just get nothing at all.

I should also say that I shelled out for a high-gain powered antenna a while ago, and I don't know if I could get all these channels without it. It cost about $30.

OK, go on!!! Go order your coupons!!!!

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