Donald Lewis doesn't know how digital television works, or why he's being forced to use it. But Lewis, a Kirbyville resident, knows that when he gets home from work, he wants to be able to relax on ...

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has certified Apex Digital Inc.’s DT250 ATSC analog pass-through converter box to participate in the government’s coupon program.

We have an old TV that is used exclusively for watching DVDs and VHS tapes. Never bothered to hook up a converter box to it, but now I think I want to. Problem is, there's a real rat's nest of cables ...

Setting up a converter box to receive digital signals is easier than you think. — -- Most of the U.S. television audience won't have to do a thing to prepare for the coming demise of analog TV.

It's a conversion that won't take place until February, but Siouxlanders are sure shopping for converter boxes that enable older analog televisions to handle digital transmission. Months out from the ...

Capturing memories on Mini VHS tapes was common before digital recording became widespread. These small tapes hold personal videos that can deteriorate over time, making it important to preserve them ...

A digital converter box takes a digital TV signal and converts it so analog televisions can recognize it and work. It's one option for TV owners when all television signals go digital by Feb. 17, 2009 ...

In two months, television stations will switch off analog transmitters and broadcast only digital signals. To keep getting a television signal, people can purchase cable or satellite, buy a digital ...

The Great Digital TV Revolution occurs tomorrow, and Hair Balls is worried for those of you still clinging to your rabbit ears and MacGyvered-aluminum-foil towers. While we applaud those who have ...

Answer: Households that use roof-top or rabbit-ear antennas to watch TV are affected. Those TVs must have a built-in digital tuner or a digital-to-analog converter box to watch the new broadcasts. Not ...

Councilman Ed Suit, who watches old-fashioned analog TVs with an antenna, says the nationwide conversion to digital television is fraught with problems and misinformation. Suit is glad that Congress ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Coming up, a writer who finds humor in life's darkest moments, but first in less than 10 months, television stations across the country will ...