I thought I was. I bought a cheapy tv to put in my office. Much to my surprise, I had to buy an antennae to go with it. The tv is 10″ – just the right size for the little space on my desk. The color is nice. The sound is ok. It’s all ok, until the picture freezes and I have to start fiddling with that antennae. What’s up with that? Didn’t we get rid of antennaes?Who had the bright idea to throw us back into the rabbit ear period?
I really don’t watch tv – much. I mostly have it on for the sound – really. But every now and then, there’ll be a newscast or the criminal gets caught in a Law and Order segment, or Jay Leno will be doing Headline or Jaywalking skits, and I’ll look up, only to see frozen people. To make matters worse, my antennae is broken. See, it didn’t work when I placed it on the desk, so I set it on the floor. I rolled over it a couple of times and broke one of the…what do you call it…ah shoot…ears, yeah that’s what I’ll call it. So now I not only have to readjust the antennae, but I also have to point it in a certain way toward the window, when the sun is shining, and hold my mouth just so. *sigh* By the time I’m done, whatever I thought I wanted to watch is gone.
The tv in my den is connected to cable. It’s a perfectly good tv that will no longer work with the DTV conversion. I started to apply for the government coupon to get a box, but then I got to thinking – I don’t watch tv that much – really; why do I need to make the ones I have work?
…and wasn’t there a rumor that DTV is all about spying on us…? Ok, maybe that’s a little farfetched. Maybe. Hmmm…
