[ale] [OT] Digital TV conversion box

[James Sumners]

If you are talking about the DTV converters for OTA reception, then
no. They are merely for converting a digital signal to an analog
signal for televisions that only have an NTSC tuner (no ATSC tuner).
The only way such a converter can qualify for the federal coupon
program is if the converter does nothing but convert the ATSC signal
to NTSC. Ethernet and SNMP support would invalidate that box from
being coupon eligible.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Atlanta Geek <atlantageek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
> Does anyone know anything about these Digital TV conversion boxes.
> They seem pretty cheap. Do they have ethernet and/or USB connectors.
> Do they support snmp. Does anyone know of one of these boxes that are
> < $100 that support snmp through ethernet. Will they work with cable
> if you ignore the encryption of digital channel stuff.


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