[opendtv] Re: No (H)DTV Tuners at Circuit City

  • From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:32:44 -0400

Accurian. HDMI support provided.
John Golitsis wrote:

>I think that's the lowest price I've ever heard of too.  Are you sure  
>they didn't sell you an old cable TV converter ;)
>
>What brand is it?
>
>On 4-Oct-05, at 3:17 PM, Mark Aitken wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Response to that question was no, they simply were not providing them
>>anymore. When I then asked them how I was going to find and OTA  
>>HDTV box
>>to "feed" the HDTV I had bought from them a year earlier he said  
>>(these
>>words exactly) "Go to Best Buy, they might have one".
>>And how about a different note...
>>
>>At lunch time I dropped into Radio Shack for a microphone, and asked
>>them if they had any STB's. Yes!
>>
>>For a mere $89.98 (dare I say lowest price I ever paid at list for  
>>such
>>an apparatus) I now have a new box to test. Feast or Famine?
>>
>>John Golitsis wrote:
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>>>Perhaps they are simply sold-out?
>>>
>>>On 4-Oct-05, at 12:04 PM, Mark Aitken wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Not a single (H)DTV set-top-box is available at Circuit City. Not a
>>>>single OTA digital receiver available outside of an integrated  
>>>>(DCR -
>>>>Digital Cable Ready) HDTV set. None...zip...nahdah...!!! Not even a
>>>>satellite box that supports HDTV. (still lots of analog sets going
>>>>cheap...)
>>>>
>>>>Now, on my way to Best Buy...
>>>>
>>>>Boy, the walls seem to be getting taller...
>>>>
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>>Regards,
>>Mark A. Aitken
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