That's surely an inconvenient, expensive way to go about watching tv - going all the way to the DR to do it. For my own benefit, I will assume that it's for someone living there already.
Still, before I'd pay $300 (last time I looked) for a bottom of the line, discontinued model tv in the DR, I'd consider alternatives. A few that come to mind are:
1. Take one down and pay (or bribe) the duty. You should still be way ahead, and it will be a tv of your choosing.
2. If a tv is too bulky, consider taking down an LCD display with a built-in tuner. It might not cost a whole lot more than a tv in the DR, and it would be up-to-date and could be used as a computer monitor, too.
3. Since monitors are reasonably priced in the DR and have many times the resolution of a tv, take down a little black box that is a standalone tv tuner (I think they exist) and buy a monitor to connect it.
For those like Ken who want to keep the wife away from HIS computer, give her the old one (with a tv tuner card inside) and buy yourself a new, up-to-date one. You may still come out ahead moneywise, especially considering that the next step after a $300 obsolete tv set is usually a $200 obsolete vcr. You'd have the new, hotshot computer for virtually nothing. (Yeah, yeah, I know that it's too late for you).
So happy to be of service, even for those who'd rather be backward - remember where I'm at.