Re: Sabrent Philips7130 PCI TV Tuner -&- Yes, the USA is going digital.

[hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@xxxxxxxx>]

Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 04:06 -0400 schrieb Alan Cox:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:30:18PM -0700, Fritz Katz wrote:
> >  The US Government is giving everyone with old TVs $40 (about 25 Euros) for each TV in their home to buy ATSC converter boxes:
> > 
> >   https://www.dtv2009.gov/
> 
> So stockpile second hand junk TVs ?
> 
> Alan
> 

A second thought was also about the enormous lead warnings within the
soldering materials which now appear. Decades without any.

I guess someone must be licking on it every day within salty beach
conditions for years to get in trouble, but for those exposed to the
soldering fumes on that old chips it is likely a very serious issue.

Cheers,
Hermann


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