Quoting Rifter:

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Man, you guys just aren't looking very hard then.  I find all kinds of stuff to watch on cable, and I don't watch sports at all.

I don't watch sports either, but there are only a few shows that I watch on cable religiously and I can either purchase or rent them on DVD or Blu if I wanted to. Most of the time I sit there scanning channels menu, just to find something that looks good. I grew up without cable, so losing cable is no big deal to me, since that another $60 I can save on other things. Plus I have a HDTV, so I don't need the converter box anyways.

I'm out in the country and have DirecTV - so this really isn't a concern for me - but it does seem kind of stupid that people have had a year an a half notice that this switch was happening - and now less then a month away - all of the sudden there are so many people that don't have boxes yet.

I mean how long do you need to get ready for this - if they do delay the switch - its going to be the same thing is 6 months or however long they push it back. 

I got several of the coupons for my grandparents - and when the cards arrived they were high quality - credit card stock with security features and holograms.  Probably better made then my bank debit card.  I wonder how much of the budget the goverment spent manufacturing the coupons. 

Since most boxes are under $50. and the coupons -$40. - net cost is avg $10 -  Just scrap making more coupons  and make the boxes available for free - send them out with the tax refunds and everyone will have them by mid Feb anyway.