HDTV Tuners

AVerMedia Rolls Out New HD Hybrid PCI Express TV Tuner

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AVerMedia Technologies, a provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology announced the release of the AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E, the PCI Express TV tuner with HDTV, analog TV and FM Radio reception … Read the full story at TMCnet  

The Big Switch #4 – Getting A Converter Box

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QUAD CITIES — Digital-to-analog converter boxes are making their way onto store shelves around the Quad Cities this week, and local retailers say they’re fielding countless questions from customers about whether they need one and how they work. Once February 17, 2009 rolls around, local broadcasters will stop their analog over-the-air transmissions and broadcast only … Read more

The Big Switch #3: Make The Conversion

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If you haven’t heard the term ‘converter box’ yet, don’t worry– you will. With the clock slowly ticking down to the mandated analog-to-digital conversion date of February 17, 2009, ‘converter boxes’ will be featured on television ads, newspaper circulars and front-and-center in electronics stores. So– what are they? Digital converter boxes take a digital television … Read more

House to NTIA: Let Consumers Reapply for DTV Coupons

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Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and John Dingell (D-Mich.) have asked the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) to allow consumers to reapply for DTV-to-analog coupons if they fail to redeem them before the 90-day expiration date. NTIA is handing out up to two coupons per household, each worth $40 toward the boxes, which will allow … Read more

Government’s DTV Coupon Program Plagued by Unknowns

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When TV stations go all-digital on February 18, 2009, as mandated by the FCC, people who own older, analog televisions will find nothing but snowy screens on every channel. A digital TV converter box will translate digital signals into something old TVs can display, but those boxes cost money. Fortunately for the TV-watching masses, Uncle … Read more