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According to their press release, EchoStar plans new HD digital TV converter boxes that would sell for $39.99. Using the free $40 off coupons offered through the TV Converter Box Coupon Program, these set-top-box tuners would be free (except any sale tax). This should help the poor and the elderly with The Big Switch. <begin … Read more
Television will be entering a new era on February 17, 2009. That’s when stations around the country will be turning off the analog signals they’ve been using since the first days of broadcasting. Read full story
Update: The Coupon Program has ended on July 31, 2009. You’ll need to purchase a DTV Converter for sale without a coupon now. The U.S. government program to provide free coupons for $40 off the cost of the purchase of an HDTV tuner / converter set-top-box began today. Congress created the TV Converter Box Coupon … Read more
For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 or visit the Commission’s digital television website at DTV.gov Learn more about DTV and what this change will mean to you at: www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/dtv/dtvcoupon.html. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ? Digital television will be the broadcast standard in February 2009. To help clear up the confusion and let consumers … Read more
The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules giving broadcasters more flexibility in making the switch to digital television from traditional analog signals. Read full story