Echostar, the company behind the Dish Network and the Slingbox, is offering digital TV converters for $39.99. With the $40 coupon the government is offering for those with older sets that still use rabbit ears, the converters would end up being free.Originally, the converter boxes were going to be offered between $50 and $70. Echostar is offering the converters at a discount in the interest of obtaining new customers and spreading their brand name.
Obviously, it's a good idea. I can't think of a single person who would pay $50 for something they could get for $40. It is a free-market situation that would warm the heart of most libertarians.
Of course, it's not like Echostar is offering this out of the kindness of their heart. If they slap a "Dish Network" sticker on each unit, that's a lot of publicity.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-30-2008 @ 9:49PM
rbalti1602 said...
This a great idea. I need two of these convertors for my household. I have other TVs.
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3-18-2008 @ 9:40PM
Phatman said...
I just hope that this model makes it to market before my coupon expires
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3-28-2008 @ 4:52AM
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1-09-2008 @ 10:56AM
Stephen Waits said...
Smart that D* lowered their price...
But, the government handing out vouchers for $40 is about the furthest thing imaginable from libertarianism or a free market!
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1-09-2008 @ 12:03PM
jordan said...
Thats great, I'll believe it when my coupon arrives in the mail.
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