Technological Woes

I refuse to pay $40+ for cable or satellite signals. I see enough on free tv to keep me entertained for far longer than I should be. But my tv is not digital, and on February 17, 2009, I will no longer be able to pick up the analog signal I have so come to love.

Buy a converter box, they say, and the gov. will send you a coupon. So I signed up for 2 coupons and purchased a converter box from Best Buy. I hooked it up and it appears to function - the menu page comes up and it even looks for signals. The problem is, it isn't finding the tv stations. Out of 15 channels, it picks up 3. I have a UHF/VHF antenna that has a power boost, which is supposed to work with the converter box!

I know it isn't a problem with converter box, because I bought the second converter box at Fred Meyer (for $10 less I might add) and it does the same thing. I hope I won't have to buy an expensive antenna to put on top of my house! I don't understand why my uhf/vhf powered radio shack antenna picks up the analog stations so well but not the digital stations.

What's a girl to do?


I sure hope I figure out what is going on soon, I would really hate to miss out on any of my soaps sitcoms talk shows news programs!