Convert Your TV

If you’d like to keep your watching your analog television over the air, you’ll have to buy a digital television converter box.

This box will convert the digital signal into analog for an existing television set. It costs around $50 and will be on sale at retail stores in early January 2008.

Note: This option will not make your TV digital, but you will be able to receive a digital signal and the box will convert it back to analog. The converter box will also allow you to watch any multicast programming offered by your local stations.

Every household will be able to apply for two coupons worth $40 each beginning in January 2008 to cover the cost of the converter boxes. Learn more about the program here.

Apply for a $40 coupon here.

The coupons must be redeemed within three months of receipt. The coupons cannot be combined to purchase a single converter box, nor can they be used toward the purchase of other products.

Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program

1-888-388-2009 (voice)
1-877-530-2634 (TTY)
couponinfo@ntia.doc.gov