I saw that they finally have the DTV converters in the stores. I noticed last week a thread on here about them. Someone said that they could not get the analog signal now, at least not without some wiring changes to the antenna connections. I seem to have lost the thread on here, so I am starting a new one.
I just signed up for my coupons. They expire after 90days, so I wanted to make sure the stores had the converters in stock first. I saw them at Walmart. The 4 stores that carry them are Walmart, Best Buy, Radio Shack, and Circuit City.
While looking at all the info, I found the list of approved brands. Some of them WILL pass the analog signal as well as the digital. Here is the exact copied list from their site. Those with a star "*" will pass the analog signal. I definately want one of them. (The list is below). Walmart only had two of them. Magnavox and RCA.
I hope this list helps others.
Now, I have some questions. Has anyone found an online source that tells the features and rates them? Or what about "Consumer Reports" or some such thing? Please post if you find anything......
One other question. I noticed when I signed up online they did not ask me for my email address, just name and mailing address, and what type of tv reception I have. My reason for asking this is because I need to sign my mother up to get the coupons. She's elderly, and not able to go to stores anymore. She does not have a computer or understand any of this sort of thing. In fact when I told her she got all upset and thought she would be without tv. She lives quite a distance from me. so I will have to get her coupons, and buy and install it for her. I was wondering if anyone knew if they track our URL when we sign up, because I will have to do that for her. Of course I will use her name and address, so it's just the URL tracking that could be a problem. Anyone know?
Here's the list. As I said, those with a "*" are for both DTV and Analog. (If anyone sees those models, please say what store you found them, because I live in a rural area and do not have access to any of those stores except Walmart, and will have to travel considerable distance to get to them.
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The NTIA will maintain a list of approved CECBs to distribute to consumers and participating retailers.
The following is the list of approved CECBs.
AMTC AT-2016
AccessHD DTA1020U
AccessHD DTA1020D
AccessHD DTA1010D
AccessHD DTA1010U
Apex DT1001
Apex DT1002
Artec T3A
Artec T3APro
CASTi CAX-01
COSHIP N9900T
DIGITAL STREAM D2A1D20
DIGITAL STREAM D2A1D10
DIGITAL STREAM DTX9900
DIGITAL STREAM DX8700*
DIGITAL STREAM DSP7700T*
DIGITAL STREAM DSP7500T
DIGITAL STREAM DSP6500R
ECHOSTAR TR-40*
GE 22730
GE 22729
Goodmind DTA900
Goodmind DTA980
Goodmind DTA1000
Insignia NS-DXA1
Kingbox K8V8
Lasonic LTA-260
Lasonic LTR-260
Magnavox TB100MW9
Magnavox TB-100MG9*
MaxMedia MMDTVB03
MicroGEM MG2000
Microprose MPI-500
Mustek MAT-K50
OLEVIA DTA100
Philco TB150HH9*
Philco TB100HH9*
RCA DTA 800B
RCA DTA 800A
Sansonic FT300RT
Sansonic FT300A
Skardin DTR-0727
Synergy Global Supply SYN2009
TATUNG TDB3000
Tivax STB-T9
VENTURER STB7766G
ZINWELL ZAT-856
Zenith DTT900
Zentech DF2000
Zinwell ZAT-857
*The manufacturer has indicated that these models are capable of passing analog signals through to the TV set.