DTV coupons begin flowing once more, waitlist should vanish in 3 weeks
By Darren Murph 
posted Mar 6th 2009 10:12AM
posted Mar 6th 2009 10:12AM
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So which one of the Engadget writers is that? Or whose son...?
That's momma's little baby.
Get that kid a Wii Fit.
That was totally me ten years ago, :(
more like get him a salad or a diet.
The caption for this should read "great news for people who wear purple shirts!"
Oh gawd, thanks for confirming the American stereotype. All the kid needs is a hamburger in his hand.
That picture is as funny as it is sad.
its ok, the radiation from that old set will kill him soon enough
This kid is the reason I jog on the treadmill while I watch TV.
Don't be this kid, kids.
Hey government! can I just get $40 of my tax dollars back instead? I don't feel cool subsidizing some redneck's ability to watch american idol.
Yeah, I asked before why the US government feels the need to pay for people to make the switch and I didn't really get a satisfactory answer. I know that there are a lot of government programs that not everyone agrees with, and I agree with the principle that you shouldn't get to pick and choose (you made that choice when you voted), but really, this whole thing seems pretty frivolous and, more importantly, expensive. Oh well, it's not my tax money.
I agree, This whole thing has made me mad since it started. TV is a privilege not a damn right!!! I understand the government giving these coupons to poor people that truly cant afford it. But no actions were takin to make sure people that need these are getting these.
There is a large number of douchebags that have cable but have an old tv in there garage and got a coupon for a box. That is completely unacceptable. If you can afford cable,(or even more than 1 tv) you should not get a coupon period. Stop being cheap douches and go buy a box yourself. It really annoys me that my tax dollars are being spent so some jackass can drink and watch dtv in his garage cause hes too lazy to walk inside.
I think there should have been a strict application process, similar to welfare.
Not only their ability to watch stupid TV shows...
But also pretty much anything else in their lives!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI
is that augustus gloop?
Got mine a few weeks ago. Was very surprised.
AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!
it is sooo great that "i" have a high metbolism... eh tubby?
I look soo good in slimming black... as do ALL APPLE consumers...
AHAHAH
Wow talk about stereotypes...
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Can we get a censor for that pic?!
"...who knows how quickly the $650 million it has left will last."
After ~12150000 more coupons?
Do the Truffle Shuffle!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UsDrreJeo
The right to bear arms and the right to digital TV, that consitution just keeps on giving !
In the UK they have spent millions advertising and we have an anologue switch off that will take four years, It has already started in the Borders forty miles south of me (in Edinburgh) yet I have to wait til 2010 to get better stronger digital signal here.
Can't help but think that just giving people vouchers for freeview boxes would have been alot more efficient.
Call me ignorant but I just don't get the Govt spending hundreds of millions so that people can watch TV!?! If they want to watch TV they should buy the converter themselves.
I think the idea is so that people in the mid-west don't fall into a state of panic because their TV's stop working one day.
I got my cards back in December, ordered 2 boxes from Amazon in February. Hooked 1 box up, and was going to put other one in bedroom. found out a guy at work missed out on the coupons, so sold him my other box for the $20 difference between coupon and actual cost.
Couldn't they have paid for this program with the spectrum they sold off last year?
This makes me sad knowing that this kid lives somewhere near me. Notice the "Tim's Chips?" Only in the northwest folks. They are quite delicious though.
Yes they are the best chips ever!!!
"should have purchased months ago..." HELLO!!! They EXPIRE IN THREE MONTHS!!! Trick to waiting is that every manufacturer and peddler will be giving "instant rebates" of ten bucks on their fifty dollar rigs.
whos the fat kid?
This Couch Boy be the new Tub Girl
crap. fail. do-over:
Couch Boy could be the new Tub Girl?
omg i love tub girl
I was in Rite Aide buying a gatorade and powerbar.. There were a stack of at least 100 on the counter top. Visit your local Rite Aide if you can't find a dtv converter box.
They should let the coupon/rebate to be used on a digital tv, ie a new LCD. :)
Man, Tim's chips are the best.
What will the converter boxes cost after the switch? The store prices may have been inflated to get that rebate money. My guess is they will be $20 after the switch.
3 Digital Converter Box I recommend
http://www.bestdealsonar.com/good-and-cheap-zinwell-zat-950a-digital-to-analog-tv-converter-box/
http://www.bestdealsonar.com/20-off-access-hd-1080d-ntia-approved-digital-to-analog-tv-converter-box/
http://www.bestdealsonar.com/38-off-tivax-stb-t8-digital-to-analog-tv-converter-box-discount/
For me, Zinwell ZAT-950A is the best.
fat little fucker isnt he
I haven't seen Tim's Cascade potato chips since I moved from Seattle!