Really? I never received any notification about this and now it's in my area not far from Staten Island, surprise surprise, no prior email and no notice on top of the TV Guide. I just set up my new flat screen HD TV. I felt left in the dark. I needed to be educated about this and why an STB or TV upgrade may be in order.
Sure any corporate giant who is providing TV service will capitalize on it and keep trying to make its products and services newer and better. And yes Justin, now my TV Guide display looks just like yours from that photo you had posted. I have given the new flat screen product a chance, even though I really wasn't thrilled about taking down my analog TV after only having that for 6 years. It's better picture quality and takes up a lot less space and is easier to lift. I will admit that. I also get the message that the days of keeping certain electronic appliances for 20 years or more are long gone. I am poor with electronics and it takes a long process of elimination for me to understand how to correct a problem in that area, even though I've gotten better at navigating that area through experience, trial and error. I just don't understand what would have been so wrong about leaving the analog and antenna reception alone for those of us who were content with that. There was no need to force the digital reception on everyone like that, forcing more people in the end to switch over to cable. It really wasn't a choice.
The salesperson at Best Buy was trying to push this HDMI box to maximize the HD display quality, for another 60 bucks. Was he kidding me? He was giving me this speech about how he doesn't know if the Verizon STB is HD ready. What was he talking about? He just wanted to make another sale to up his commission. I turned it down and wanted to see how it works just with the new TV alone and it's fine for me. I'm not into extra gadgets and I would much rather be content with something reliable that's hopefully going to last.
