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nebroadweToday the digital-to-analog TV signal converter I ordered arrived. It's very ... small. A lot smaller than it looked in the picture, which means that all the rearranging I did to make room for it by the TV was unnecessary, but bedoggoned if I'm going to rearrange everything back. Living as I do on top of a hill, I can still use my old rabbit ears to pick up digital signals; in fact, not only am I getting a clearer picture (no more visual echoes!), I don't seem to have to twiddle the antenna when I switch from everything else to that one channel coming from thirty degrees the other way. I've got a spiffy new antenna in my sights anyway, just because, well, it's the twenty-first century, but it's nice to know I don't have to make that investment.
I'm not getting many more channels, but I did add a pair of independent stations that seem primarily devoted to "paid commercial programs" (i.e. advertisements), three subdivisions of the local independent religious broadcasting station (including one that appears to show nothing but Christian pop videos), two local all-weather all-the-time channels, QUBO, and the Olympics rerun channel (NBC's Universal Sports channel, that is). I admit it: it was fun listening to the women's gymnastics all-around final again (including "Break the Sword of Justice" in the background of Shawn Johnson's vault) while I made applesauce cake. But I still think I'll be getting more use out of my DVD player than I will out of this widget.
I'm not getting many more channels, but I did add a pair of independent stations that seem primarily devoted to "paid commercial programs" (i.e. advertisements), three subdivisions of the local independent religious broadcasting station (including one that appears to show nothing but Christian pop videos), two local all-weather all-the-time channels, QUBO, and the Olympics rerun channel (NBC's Universal Sports channel, that is). I admit it: it was fun listening to the women's gymnastics all-around final again (including "Break the Sword of Justice" in the background of Shawn Johnson's vault) while I made applesauce cake. But I still think I'll be getting more use out of my DVD player than I will out of this widget.