Apply for your DTV tuner coupon tomorrow

The feds are handing out $40 coupons for digital tuner boxes that will allow viewing of digital TV transmissions on analog analog TV receivers. January 01, 2008 is the first day to apply and there is a limit on how many coupons will be offered. As most of us already know, analog channels will do dark in ‘09. Even if you are planning to retire you analog TV, the boxes are useful for getting digital content into your DVR, DVD recorder and more.

Starting January 1, 2008, all U.S. households will be eligible to request up to two coupons, worth $40 each, to be used toward the purchase of up to two, digital-to-analog converter boxes. For more details on the federal regulations, including the budget information, please the DTV Converter Box Coupon Program Rules.

For a quick overview, see the Associated Press (AP) video about the digital TV converter boxes with Technical Writer Peter Svensson at AP Online Video Network www.ap.org/ovn/) (from the NTIA)