I live in Wilmington, NC and have an analog tv with a pretty good set of rabbit ears (UHF & VHF that plugs into the AC outlet,) and I can't even watch an entire TV show. The signal skips and stutters so badly that I miss a majority of the program. I can't tell you how many times I just turn the danged box off and go read or crochet or wash dishes. Most days I don't even turn the boob tube on. Only thing it's good for any more is watching DVD's, which I borrow from friends or the library. I get a couple more channels (weather and PBS,) but they're just as bad, so it doesn't matter. I can't afford a Digital TV, cable or satellite, so this cheap form of entertainment just went the way of movie theaters for me - I go to the movies once a year, because they're obscenely expensive. Cable companies charge too much as do cell phone companies; same reason I don't have them, either, cuz it's getting so that electronics are out of the question for me. It used to be that these things got cheaper after a while, but somebody told these jokers to keep tightening the screws to the American public as long as they can, sort of like the petroleum companies. Their cash cows are dying! Guess I'll just watch tv on my computer, like that's comfortable, with my company and I surrounding the pc monitor on hard chairs. Sucks. Big time. I hate it. I know I'm not alone, because many of my friends also live on fixed income and can't afford all this electronic equipment. Not that you'll do anything about any of this, but I was told I should tell someone, so, tag, you're it. I don't believe whining will accomplish anything; good luck with this fiasco. I'm not going to stay involved with this form of entertainment. It's not worth the aggravation. I'll just put a pretty scarf over the box and keep the strip turned off, so I don't use stand-by electricity. Thanks a lot for nothin'. W. B. 3805 Garden Avenue Wilmington, NC 28403