The government is about to start sending out those $40 vouchers, good toward the purchase of a digital convertor box for your old analog TV.
Remember, you don’t need one if you get your TV from a cable, satellite or phone company, but if you’re still getting your pictures over the air, a converter box is the only thing that will keep your TV from going dark next February.
Big retailers like Wal-Mart are just beginning to stock the boxes, which go for about $50 and will cost folks all of $10 after the coupons.
I don’t imagine too many folks who read a technology blog are still confused about this, but if you are, here’s a good primer on the transition. Here’s another. Here’s the site where you sign up for the coupons.
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