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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (82818)	1/26/2009 9:54:21 PM
From: ohohyodafarted	Respond to of 196856

The coupon is actually a credit card with a magnetic strip that has information encoded onto it. When I purchased my buxes with the coupons, the clerk swiped the cards through her credit card terminal and it credited $40 against the sale for each card swiped. I think the coupons are set up just like a credit/debit card works. Probably has an expiration dated coded into the magnetic stripe ont hecard. On another note, I did read that the TV stations can opt to shut down analog before the mandatory NEW DEADLINE date of Jume 12th. Also, Verizon and AT&T had agreed to and supported Obama's request to delay the transition, for one mor short delay only.

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (82818)	1/26/2009 10:10:44 PM
From: LarsA	Respond to of 196856

If I had a warehouse full of converter boxes I would sell them dirt cheap right now, coupons or no coupons. That said, my flat screen digital TV receives about 30 FREE channels OTA, including all the Networks, ABC etc, with a small antenna that I can hide behind the TV. All of them digital, great picture quality, several in HDTV 1080i. Too bad the programming is almost all crap, between the crappy commercials. Except some live sports, and some PBS, that I usually miss. Broadcast/appointment TV is dead - too much competition from other media.