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fact sheets

 Digital TV Transition - Questions & Answers

 Setting Up your DTV Converter Box with a VCR

articles

Google and YouTube: Leading the Way for Internet Captioning

Chinese Research Lab and Captioning Potential

DTS Digital Cinemia Now Owned by Beaufort California Inc.

Captioning of the Olympics

Participants needed for fun, interesting consumer testing

YouTube Has Speech-to-Text Fuctionality...and it Works

Going Green With Electronics

Old Technology is Toxic

Digital Closed Captioning in Korean, Chinese, Japanese

Digital TV

Debunking DTV Myths from CSD

Report Your Digital TV Captioning Problems

The Digital TV Transition by the Numbers

Zenith Converter Box Adds Analog

Consumer Reports About Digital TV Converter Box Guide

Consumer Reports 14 Digital Converter Boxes

Three Videos in ASL on the Digital TV Transition

All- Digital TV Coming First to Wilmington, NC City:
Wilmington to switch 5 months ahead of the Feb. 17 conversion across the country
 By: Diibya Sarkar

Bye, Bye Cable Boxes? By: David B. Wilkerson

9.4% of Homes Not Ready for the Digital TV Transition; 12.6% Partially Unready

GAO Finds Hurdels in Digital TV Switch By: Kim Hart

New Information Now Required on Digital TV Transition

Digital TV Transition Update by The Numbers

 

links

Digital TV

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

 

Converter Box Coupons

To apply for a coupon or coupons online:  https://www.dtv2009.gov/ApplyCoupon.aspx

To download an application:  https://www.dtv2009.gov/docs/Coupon_Program_App_en.pdf

To check that status of your coupon application:  https://www.dtv2009.gov/CheckStatus.aspx

 
 
 

TV Converter Box Program

- TV Converter Box Coupons are worth $40

-The Coupons look like plastic gift cards.

- They have already started being mailed

-They are sent in the order in which they are received.

-They will be delivered by the US Postal Service

-They cannot be printed or downloaded

-They are not available at retail stores

-It's a good idea to call ahead to confirm availability of the box you are interested in purchasing.