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I don't know if there is a better, more technical place for this question, but I'm just going to put it here as a chat item.

A few months ago I submitted the request for a couple of coupons for the digital converter boxes. I'm not really sure if I will use them for anything or not, but thought I might as well get them so if the need arose I would have them, at a discount. There are two situations in which I might use them. First, at church I "store" a nice tv in my office. Unfortunately the signal in my town is pretty much non-existent without a very good antenna, on a very high roof or tower. The best signal I can get with rabbit ears is snowy at best. I'm hoping that the digital signal might be better. All or nothing, and I'm hoping for closer to all. The only time I really miss not having a tv signal in my office is on Saturdays, when I have a wedding and Iowa or Iowa State is playing football. The other place I might use one is with my Media Center laptop.

OK, so I've got the coupons. If I remember correctly they expire on July 11, so I have just over a month left to use them. Being a tight old skinflint, I don't want to put any more of my own money into these things than I have to, since I'm not even sure I'm really going to be using them. Has anybody used any of them yet? Which one? Any thoughts on how well the one you tried has worked? Right now I'm hoping to find one in stock by July 11. A month or so ago my local Wal-mart had several models in stock. I looked yesterday, and they had an RCA display unit on the shelf for $49, but none in stock. If they had it I could pick it up for $10, but if they don't have one, it doesn't matter what the price is.