households to obtain up to two coupons, each worth $40, which can be applied toward the cost of eligible converter boxes. The US Congress created the TV Converter Box Coupon Program for people wishing to keep using their analog TV sets after the analog-to-digital cutover date of February 17, 2009. As a result, after February 17th, an analog TV set will require a converter box to receive over-the-air television programming.Īccording to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) report, about 15.5 million US households watch over the air TV programming. government to turn off their existing analog broadcasts and switch to digital broadcast.

On February 17, 2009, all major TV stations are required by the U.S. The boxes will be available to the retailers in mid February.

And there’s plenty of I/O connections: Antenna/RF Coaxial and Smart Antenna interface, composite video, stereo audio (L/R), and 1 Antenna/RF output.Mountain View, California - Tivax Digital TV Converter STB-T9 obtains the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approval for the Coupon Eligible Converter Box (CECB). The T9 has plenty of advanced features like on-screen programming, parental controls, different aspect ratios, analog pass-through, and so forth. Some stations will be difficult to receive if you have a weak indoor antenna, as we experienced, but these channels were fuzzy to begin with. If you have an outdoor antenna, then you’ll have plenty of programming at your disposal. The T9 delivers crisp, DVD quality picture across a wide spectrum of channels. Oh, and after the $40 rebate coupon (two per household), expect to shell out less than $10 for it. Why? For starters, it’s the highest ranked converter box according to Consumer Reports, it has a plethora of I/O options in the rear panel, and it has perhaps the best picture quality around. We’ve already recommended the Zenith DTT901 converter box for our readers, and the TIVAX T9 is another great converter box for our gift bag.

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