KARE: Man Shoots TV Over Converter Confusion
Missouri man angered about losing cable and being unable to get new converter box to work
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/19/2009 2:00:00 PM MT
Filed at 9:53 a.m. EST on Feb. 20, 2009
OK, so the DTV transition hasn't been perfect.
While the early analog-cutoff of 421 TV stations on Feb. 17 has gone relative smoothly according to most reports, that was not the case of at least one Missouri man, according to KARE-TV Minneapolis-ST. Paul.
The station reports that a 70-year-old Joplin man was arrested and charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm after shooting his TV set. Responding to a report of shots being fired, the station reported, the police found the man angry that he had both lost his cable and had been unable to get his new DTV converter box to work.
According to the man's wife, he had been drinking.
Talkback
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Though he is quite inept with his equipment, he should not have been arrested. So, he does not...
FR007 - 2009-23-2 04:42:52 -
1. The guy was 70, that doesn't mean he represents that America is "stupid."2. Which is...
JKC - 2009-23-2 01:35:54 -
How stupid have we become as a nation that people can't figure out how to hook up a simple...
Contributed - 2009-22-2 23:38:14 -
There's a map over at tvmap.org of the DTV stations that transitioned on the 17th. Looks like...
lwoodb - 2009-22-2 23:23:12 -
America has enough problems, and now people everywhere can't set up these converter boxes. One...
Jed Wasden - 2009-22-2 22:24:48
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