Thursday, February 05, 2009

DIY: How to hook up your television to a digital converter box

CLEVELAND -- With the switch to all digital television happening soon, do you know how to connect your old tv up to the new digital converter boxes? We can help.

For those of you who will continue using your old analog tv sets and receive your broadcast signals over the air, you will need to purchase a digital converter box. Those of you who get your tv over cable or satellite will not affected.

The government is expected to resume the digital converter coupon program soon after it ran out of money, as the digital televison switch moves from February 17th to June 12th.

However, there is currently a waiting list of about 2 million people who need coupons.

This government aided program helps you receive two coupons of $40 each to use toward the purchase of converter boxes.

But, once you get those boxes, will you know how to connect them to your tv?

Click on the video to see how simple it is.