Hawaii goes digital before the rest of the nation, starting tomorrow. My office building doesn't have cable or sat, so for the two analog sets here, I set up the convertor boxes.

After the DTV Coupon and Best Buy's $5 off sale, the APEX boxes were $10 each. It comes with a remote, RG and component cables, batteries for the remote and instructions. I noticed that the instructions don't consider that people with OTA sets might still have VCRs recording their shows, since there is no mention of them in the hook up instructions.

After setting up the cables, there is a menu that wants to know what time zone you're in, what screen format tv you have and then it takes about 4 minutes for the box to scan for available channels. Some new features come with the box for old TVs: image zooom, MTS, Favorite Channel, Channel Guide and Signal Strength testing.

Not all the channels are switched on, but there's enough of a carrier signal for the box to pick up and register. Of those that are working, the picture is as good as a strong analog signal, however marginal signals will be pixelated or freeze until the antenna is re-oriented.

After reading that, I will never ***** about how tort reform has made the law business tough here

Just hook the box to the VCR and from the VCR to the TV. You can then record and view.

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99 ML320
94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
02 Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa
00 BMW Z3
90 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
99 Land Rover Discovery

I applied for a coupon. Funding has been depleted, the government is broke.

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Question Authority before it Questions you.

Yes and No . . . funding has been depleted, but the coupon/cards expire if not redeemed, so applicants are being sent cards as the unredeemed ones expire.

Got my two coupons a few weeks ago. Picked up the boxes at Kmart. $9 additional for each one.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

You can have my two....that never came and expired.

I already have digital boxes but wanted some "extras" ohhhhhhhhhhhhh well.