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By now I’m sure you’re sick of hearing about the switch of analog television signals to digital next February. It seems like only yesterday that we heard how we need to prepare for the switch, what we need to do to switch, and why we need to switch. That’s because it was yesterday … and the day before that, and then last year and the year before that.
I actually took advantage of that coupon deal that was going on, taking a chunk of money off an analog-to-digital converter box last year. The thing is, since I have digital cable boxes, I have no bleeding use for it. However, Christmas is coming and I still have the box, so a-wrapping I will go for an early-obtained gift for someone who doesn’t have cable: dear old granny.
“But how is she going to know how to hook it up,” you ask? After 30 seconds of my elite YouTube searching skills, I’ve turned up the perfect how-to guide that explains everything. Feel free to use it yourself and share with friends! It helps it all make so much sense!
Clacked by Keith McDuffee
on Oct 18, 2008 @ 16:00 EST5EDT
Funny stuff. I remember about 10 years ago, my late grandmother — who had been using very basic cable for a while, so she wouldn’t have needed a converter — asked me during a phone conversation “What is all this dot-com stuff I’m seeing on commercials these days? Like pepsi.com and all that?” Trying to explain it to her was more trouble than it was worth, and she was a pretty sharp lady. I can’t imagine how much agita she would have given either my dad, Rich, or myself over this conversion.
Too funny.
Whenever the electricity would go out and reset their VCR clock to the flashing 12:00, my grandparents would put masking tape over it until I got a chance to visit and reset it for them.