[Anti-Bubba182]

The way I heard it the coupons expire 90 days after issue. I will wait a bit.

I have looked up a couple of examples of "no frills" digital TV converters and they are not yet on the market.

Examples of Basic Digital TV Adapters:

RCA DTA800
Zenith DTT900

[RockinRight]

You can use older, first or second generation non-activated HD Satellite TV recievers, they also have a built-in over-the-air digital tuner and they have the right connectors to “downconvert” them to an older television. You don’t have to actually activate or pay for the “satellite” part - you can just use the digital over-the-air tuner in it.

[dennisw]

http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&dfsp=1&catref=C6&from=R10&satitle=hdtv+++HISENSE&sacat=11071%26catref%3DC6&fts=2&a6=-24&a26446=-24&a14=-24&a31243=-24&a10244=-24&alist=a6%2Ca31245%2Ca26446%2Ca14%2Ca31243%2Ca10244&pfmode=1&reqtype=1&gcs=1546&pfid=1920&pf_query=hdtv+++HISENSE&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&fgtp=

[dan1123]

I don’t think those qualify. For a tuner to qualify, it cannot output any high-definition signal:

Disqualifying features:

Outputs (General):

Digital Video Interface (DVI);
Component video (YPbPr);
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI);
Computer video (VGA);
USB IEEE-1394 (iLink or Firewire)
Ethernet (IEEE-802.3)
Wireless (IEEE0802.11)