Post by Skaggs on Feb 8, 2008 9:14:18 GMT -5
Complete list of coupon-eligible Digital TV converters with specs
8 February 2008 7:50 by Petteri "dRD" Pyyny
Link to article
As the U.S. analog TV cut-off date is approaching, the public interest to government-sponsored coupon program is growing. But as our forum users have noticed and we noticed when we did some research into this subject, there's virtually no information available on the DTV converter boxes and their specs. Seriously, some of the products listed on official U.S. Digital TV are so difficult to find that it requires quite a feat to even prove that they exist.
To ease the process of comparing the converters that the coupons can be used for, we searched through the Web and compiled a full list of coupon-eligible converter boxes with all the tech specs we could find. Although the specs are mandated by the government guidelines, products still differ from each other -- some of the DTV boxes don't have EPG, etc.
Furthermore, we hope that as the cut-off date approaches and demand for the converters builds up, that our users would post their reviews to our DTV converter section, so that there would be a comprehensive list of reviews by real users (rather than lab tests published by newspapers).
All CECB certified DTV converters:
www.afterdawn.com/hardware/category.cfm/dtv_converters?feature_627=1
All DTV converters:
www.afterdawn.com/hardware/category.cfm/dtv_converters
8 February 2008 7:50 by Petteri "dRD" Pyyny
Link to article
As the U.S. analog TV cut-off date is approaching, the public interest to government-sponsored coupon program is growing. But as our forum users have noticed and we noticed when we did some research into this subject, there's virtually no information available on the DTV converter boxes and their specs. Seriously, some of the products listed on official U.S. Digital TV are so difficult to find that it requires quite a feat to even prove that they exist.
To ease the process of comparing the converters that the coupons can be used for, we searched through the Web and compiled a full list of coupon-eligible converter boxes with all the tech specs we could find. Although the specs are mandated by the government guidelines, products still differ from each other -- some of the DTV boxes don't have EPG, etc.
Furthermore, we hope that as the cut-off date approaches and demand for the converters builds up, that our users would post their reviews to our DTV converter section, so that there would be a comprehensive list of reviews by real users (rather than lab tests published by newspapers).
All CECB certified DTV converters:
www.afterdawn.com/hardware/category.cfm/dtv_converters?feature_627=1
All DTV converters:
www.afterdawn.com/hardware/category.cfm/dtv_converters