COUPONS FOR DIGITAL CONVERTERS ARE IN THE MAIL

The FCC says that it will begin mailing out $40 coupons this week to help owners of analog TV sets who still receive programs over the air buy converter boxes so that they will be able to receive digital signals. The boxes will be available in nearly 10,000 stores, including most of the "big box" warehouse outlets like Wal-Mart, Circuit City and Best Buy for $40-70. Some consumer groups have expressed concern, however, that digital signals may not travel as far as analog ones and that the settop converter boxes will therefore be useless in some areas when the mandated switchover to digital occurs next year.

18/02/2008