Many people thought that their televisions were not going to work after television was switched to DTV. As long as you have cable, you don’t have to worry about the change. However, if your television set is not hooked up to cable, you get nothing but fuzzy dots, noise, and no stations. It turned out that no one that I knew had to get rid of their television set in my neighborhood.

Some of my friends complained that they had trouble with their satellites. They told me that they had to go out and buy updated and new satellites. My friends went out to buy the converter box and still nothing worked.

When I first heard that people without cable had to buy the converter box, I started to wait to see what was going to happen. I thought it might be a waste of time and money. I thought I wasn’t going to need it. Just before the change, I decided to buy the box because I had no cable TV in my room. Now that I have the box, I’m glad that I bought it. The analog converter box is a Magnavox brand. Stations are coming in that I never had before. I thought, “Who needs cable?” My television shows a bright, beautiful, and clear picture. It looks better than cable TV. The only thing I hate about the converter box is I loose some of the channels that come in. Some channels only come in on a rainy day. I am able to receive some channels without the antenna which is now hooked into the converter box. There are some channels that I can receive without an antenna. I’m thinking it is because I have cable television also in the next room. There is no outdoor antenna. I’m receiving somehow, but I would rather include my antenna. The antenna can pull in more stations. As I try to get some of the channels in, the converter box has an autoscan. When channels are found, it locks the channels in. You can also add channels yourself.

Maybe in the future televisions will not need a converter or hook up. Technology gets better with time although the changes are aggravating. If it ever comes to the point that we will not need a hook up to TV, I hope that we can keep our televisions and that they will still work. If it is one day possible, it will be an awesome change. No more wires and plugs. I have too many wires and plugs right now.