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DVT Box Converter Box Coupon Program for U.S. households, claim 2 FREE coupons worth $40 each towards purchase of converter boxes.
Congress created the DVT Converter Box Coupon Program for households wishing to keep using their analog TV sets after February 17, 2009. The Program allows U.S. households to obtain up to two coupons, each worth $40, that can be applied toward the cost of eligible  converter boxes.
DTV Box Digital
Digital broadcasting allows for High Definition broadcasts, but High Definition is not required, and you do not need to buy a HDTV to watch digital TV. Digital television sets are “backward compatible,” meaning existing analog equipment (VCRs, DVD players, camcorders, video games, etc.
DTV Box Converter
Converter boxes typically cost about $50-$70 at typical retailers such as Best Buy, so after receiving your coupon, you'll maintain your signal for only about $10-$30.
Analog
Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products.
Television
Televisions hooked up to cable, satellite or other pay services do not need a converter from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program.
DTV Box Coupon
Coupons Requested How many coupons do you want. Coupons are worth $40 each, to be used toward the purchase of up to two, digital-to-analog converter boxes. Coupons are planned to be distributed to consumers beginning February 17, 2008, when retailers are expected to accept coupons and have certified converters on shelves. Coupons expire 90 days after they are mailed, and only one coupon can be used to purchase each coupon-eligible converter box.
DTV Box
DTV Benefits for the Public (from FCC Consumer Facts): Provides clear pictures, quality sound and more programming and channels. It is important to understand that the DTV transition is a transition from analog broadcasting to digital broadcasting.
DTV Box Coupons Requested
Coupons are worth $40 each, to be used toward the purchase of up to two, digital-to-analog converter boxes. Coupons are planned to be distributed to consumers beginning February 17, 2008, when retailers are expected to accept coupons and have certified converters on shelves. Coupons expire 90 days after they are mailed, and only one coupon can be used to purchase each coupon-eligible converter box.
For more details on the federal regulations, including the budget information, please see the TV Converter Box Coupon Program Rules. See TV Converter Box Coupon Program Status Update with the number of applications and coupons requested to date.
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Digital TV hot line gets 700,000 calls over switch
By RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer
LOS ANGELES - Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday. The Federal Communications Commission said Saturday that about 317,450 calls went into the help line, 1-888-CALL-FCC, on Friday alone, the day analog signals were cut off.
About a third of the calls were about federal coupons to pay for digital converter boxes, an indication that at least 100,000 people still didn't have the right equipment to receive digital signals.
Another third of the calls were handled by live agents, and 30 percent of those were about how to operate the converter boxes. The FCC said most of the converter box questions were resolved when callers were told to re-scan the airwaves for digital frequencies.
Over 20 percent of the live calls were about reception issues.
"Our job is far from over," acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps said in a statement. "This transition is not a one-day affair. We have known about re-scanning and reception issues for some time and have been doing our best to get the word out."
The largest volume of calls came from the Chicago area, followed by Dallas-Ft. Worth, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
With 4,000 FCC staffers manning the phones Friday, the average wait time per call was 4.6 minutes.
The National Association of Broadcasters said that 278 stations it surveyed nationwide received 35,500 calls on Friday, and the vast majority were resolved by re-scanning.
Any set hooked up to cable or a satellite dish is unaffected by the end of analog broadcasts, but around 17 million U.S. households rely on antennas. Nielsen Co. said poor and minority households were less likely to be prepared for Friday's analog shutdown, as were households consisting of people younger than 35.
The Commerce Department reported a last-minute rush for the $40 converter box coupons: It received 319,990 requests Thursday, nearly four times the daily average for the past month. In all, the government has mailed coupons for almost 60 million converter boxes. The limit is two coupons per household.
It takes nine business days for a coupon to reach the mailbox.
Research firm SmithGeiger LLC said Thursday that about 2.2 million households were still unprepared as of last week. Sponsored by the broadcasters' association, it surveyed 948 households that relied on antennas and found that one in eight did not have a digital TV or digital converter box.
Nielsen Co., which measures TV ratings from a wide panel of households, put the number of unready homes at 2.8 million, or 2.5 percent of the total television market, as of Sunday. In February, the number was 5.8 million.
Both the Nielsen and SmithGeiger surveys counted households as unprepared even if they have taken some steps toward getting digital signals, like ordering a converter box coupon.
This story is syndicated by Yahoo! News
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