How To Keep Your TV Going
Step 1: Purchase an RCA DTA800 Converter from your favorite retailer beginning in 2008. Step 2: A. Connect your TV antenna to the Converter. B. Connect Converter to the TV. Step 3: Turn it on and enjoy your favorite TV programs!

If your household relies on an outdoor antenna or “rabbit ears” indoor antenna to receive your favorite TV channels, then you have an important decision to make soon. Analog TV broadcasting, which is the way that TV shows have been beamed to homes since 1939, officially comes to an end on the evening of February 17, 2009. On that date, TV broadcasters must complete turning off their transmitters and switch all programming to new digital broadcasting.

What are your options?

To make sure that you don't miss your favorite shows, you can:

  • Buy an affordable Converter Box that will let you keep using your old television set, or;
  • Buy a new Digital Television, now available everywhere TV sets are sold, or;
  • Subscribe to a "pay TV" service from cable, satellite, or telephone companies.

The least expensive option is the new RCA DTA800 Digital TV Converter, especially when purchased at an authorized retailer with a $40 Coupon available from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Ideal for your Current TV: The RCA DTA800 Digital TV Converter is slightly larger than a paperback book and is the ideal solution for consumers who want to keep watching television programs, but don't want to buy a new TV set. The RCA DTA800 will easily receive over-the-air TV broadcasts and convert them to analog signals that your current TV can display.

Hookup is simple: Connect your current antenna to the DTA800 Converter Box, and the output of the Box to your TV. An included big-button universal TV remote will work with millions of existing televisions now in service throughout the US, and it can be programmed to work with a variety of other TV sets.

Energy Saver: The DTA800 is super energy efficient, drawing only one watt of power while in standby mode and designed to automatically turn off when you're no longer actively watching TV. It is designed to qualify for the federal ENERGY STAR designation. The RCA DTA800 will display current program information sent electronically by broadcasters and is also compatible with “Smart Antenna” products that will improve reception in hard-to-reach areas where TV signals are harder to receive.

More Programs, More Choice: One of the great benefits of Digital TV broadcasting is new programming. Most local broadcasters are now taking advantage of the ability to offer multiple free channels to viewers. Public broadcasters have dramatically increased the amount of educational programming through digital technology. Local network affiliate stations are offering comprehensive news and weather channels, in addition to their regular main network broadcasts.

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