Help a Friend with the Digital TV Conversion  You're a techno-
savvy Lifehacker reader, so you're probably more than ready for
the digital changeover. What about your friends and family?
Photo by daveynin.  While many of us usually prefer to keep the
time we dole out for free tech support to a minimum, helping a
non-techie friend or relative hook up their television for the
digital TV conversion is pretty straightforward. Xin Lu over at
the financial weblog WiseBread has a list of ways you can help
smooth the transition, including:   You can also help a friend
or family member by helping them pick out a converter box,
hooking it up, and educating them on the finer points of what
the transition means to them. Since the government ramped up
public announcements about the digital conversion I've overheard
many people talking about how they needed new televisions and
not because they wanted a killer wide-screen HDTV setup for the
Super Bowl. A lot of perfectly serviceable—and lead laden—tube
television sets can be