![]() (no longer working, please see above note) Department of Commerce has launched a Digital TV Converter Box coupon program which will provide up to two $40 coupons for the purchase of basic digital tv converter boxes.The coupons actually look like gift cards and are accepted at stores like Best Buy, Circuit City and Radio Shack. Previous information about coupon program left for historical purposes. Next: How to watch your favorite cable shows without cable TV Since we still get a lot of requests for coupons or inexpensive digital converter boxes, we did a little research and here are the 3 cheapest digital converter boxes we were able to find online…. Keep in mind, if you own a flatscreen HDTV or recent HDTV, you do not need to purchase a digital converter box.  If you still have a ‘regular’ TV and want to watch free over-the-air digital television, you’ll want to pick up a converter box. At the time, most digital boxes sold for about $60 and were able to be purchased for under $20 using these coupons. ![]() ![]()  Since the $40 coupons had a 90 day expiration date, they are no longer of value even if found or bought (e.g. ![]() Over $990,000 was allocated by the department of commerce from this program. Update: The Digital TV Converter program ended in July of 2009.  The purpose of the program was to make it more affordable for the millions of OTA (over the air) TV users whose old analog sets would stop working when the digital transition occurred on June 12, 2009. ![]()
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