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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Brady mom preaches conversion to DTV
The Consumer Electronics Association has wheeled out everybody’s favorite mom, in hopes of getting people’s attention on the switchover to digital television signals.
Broadcast stations make the switch Feb. 17, but everybody’s worried that Mr. and Mrs. Couch Potato aren’t getting the message about what to do.
Florence Henderson, best known as the mom in The Brady Bunch TV show, gives it to you straight. You can buy a DTV, get a digital converter box with a discount coupon from the government or subscribe to cable or satellite TV.
There’s even a PDF on Florence’s “digitaltips” page on the CEA Website that explains how to hook up the box.
There’s also guide to buying a high-definition television, which doesn’t hurt CEA’s member electronics firms. Honestly, it can’t hurt to run through it before you spend $700 or more on an HDTV, even if you’ve managed to avoid watching the Brady Bunch over all these years.