David Harmon wrote:

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:06:14 -0800 in sci.electronics.repair, UCLAN
wrote,

C) No retailers with *any* boxes within 50 miles of me.

Same here. Suburb of Los Angeles, CA.
Not exactly the middle of nowhere.

Channel Master's box is due out next month. I'm shopping for a good UHF only
antenna in an effort to pick up LA's digital UHF stations. [I'm right on the
coast of SD North County, with a clear shot at Mt. Wilson.] I just got a
Bravia HDTV. The boxes would be for my VCRs.

I wonder...could one hook one of these boxes up to his VCR to record an
analog version of a HDTV signal?

Sure, if you can actually get one.

Asking availability questions at most local retailers brings on a blank stare
from the salespeople. I predict pandemonium in 2009.

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