TV converter box

John:

As others have already said, the official date of the analog to digital switchover is February 17, 2009.

Go to www.dtv2009.gov to see where you can get a $40.00 voucher coupon so that you can purchase a DTV Converter Box. When your coupons arrive, you can then take them to any store that sells these converter boxes and redeem them on the box that you like. Most of these boxes retail between $40.00 and $70.00. Most of them cost about $60.00. The coupon will cover the majority of the cost and then your out of pocket expense is only $20.00.

These boxes are widely available all over (mass market stores and specialists stores alike).

If you have cable or satellite dish, then you are not affected and you don't need to do anything. The switchover mainly affects anyone who DOESN'T have cable or dish and solely receive their TV signals through a rabbit ears antenna.

Good Luck......

--Charles--

"Chadnliz":

"(Radioshak charges too much)"

No..... not really.... Radio Shack doesn't charge any more for their converter boxes than other retailers. I got one for my Panasonic CT-27SF37 27" Direct-View TV and I only paid $20.00 for mine (a coupon covered most of the cost).

The one that I bought was the Digital Stream DTX9900 (the one with Dolby-Digital capability and audio outputs on the back of it).

I am thinking about getting one for my Toshiba Hard Disk DVD Recorder. It's connected to my Panasonic Plasma, but the difference being is that the Plasma has a digital tuner and the DVD Recorder does not. Otherwise, I would been okay without it.

But no...... Radio Shack doesn't charge any more for theirs than anyone else.

--Charles--