The Big Switch #3: Make The Conversion

If you haven't heard the term 'converter box' yet, don't worry-- you will.

With the clock slowly ticking down to the mandated analog-to-digital conversion date of February 17, 2009, 'converter boxes' will be featured on television ads, newspaper circulars and front-and-center in electronics stores.

So-- what are they?

Digital converter boxes take a digital television signal and ...

Read the full story by Jason Fechner of WQAD

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