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Beware of marketing ploys.(All digital TV)(Brief article)
Watch out for marketers trying to cash in on the digital-TV transition. One of our consumer advocates reported that stores were telling Spanish-speaking customers that they needed to buy a converter box along with a new DTV, which is untrue. Also, some companies are pitching antennas as "digital ready," implying that standard UHF/VHF antennas won't work; they will. Adding to the confusion: Cable companies were moving analog ...
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