$20 (because Wal-Mart ran out of converter boxes) to go from unwatchable to ultra-clear. This is awesome, Y/N?
Discuss.

I remember when they took away the upper end of UHF. This began to be used for mobile phones, and you could listen in with an old TV. No telling what we'll be able to listen in on now what with the near total sell-off of the entire broadcast television spectrum and so many capable receivers lying around.

Really, though, I'm not sure if it will do much good. It seems like people reliant on antennas live too far in the woods to receive a clear analog signal and the slightest disruption ruins a digital signal. It may jut be a ploy to get people to buy into subscription satellite TV, which can be taxed on both ends. Well, it's already a ploy to sell off a valuable piece of air, anyway.

It's worked pretty well over here in my neck of Europe.

Of course, we were promised all sorts of things (You can use your old antenna! You will get at least one channel that is worth watching!) that turned out to be BS, but in the end we got something better. YMMV.

Of course, it didn't come coupled with large changes in the spectrum used here, as far as I know anyway.

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What was the something better? Also, you had to get a new antenna??