{"id":796,"date":"2008-02-29T11:03:31","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=796"},"modified":"2009-03-14T09:43:38","modified_gmt":"2009-03-14T14:43:38","slug":"free-digital-tv-converter-box-from-echostar-the-tr-40-available-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=796","title":{"rendered":"Free Dish Network TR-40 digital TV converter box available in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/tr40_copyrightedimagedonlindich.jpg\" alt=\"tr40_copyrightedimagedonlindich.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dish Network has announced their free <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avglossary.com\/?p=116\">digital TV converter box<\/a>, the TR-40,\u00a0will be available in June.\u00a0 In February 2009 all analog TV broadcasts in the USA will cease and without a converter box, analog TVs will be unable to receive any stations.\u00a0 The government is now issuing $40 coupons good towards the purchase of a converter box (limit two per household) to assist in the transition.\u00a0 The aptly-named TR-40 will sell for just under $40, the same amount as the government-issued coupons, making the converter box essentially free and enabling anyone with an analog TV to add digital reception capability with no cost.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/tr40_2.jpg\" alt=\"tr40_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Echostar TR-40 Digital TV converter box<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I saw the TR-40 at Echostar&#8217;s booth at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.\u00a0 I asked them why they would offer an essentially free converter box when their profits are driven by satellite TV subscriptions.\u00a0 They said they hoped the positive PR and additional visibility for the brand would lead to more satellite customers down the road- a logical strategy, I would say.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  addthis_url    = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D796';\n  addthis_title  = 'Free+Dish+Network+TR-40+digital+TV+converter+box+available+in+June';\n  addthis_pub    = '';\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/addthis_widget.php?v=12\" ><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dish Network has announced their free digital TV converter box, the TR-40,\u00a0will be available in June.\u00a0 In February 2009 all analog TV broadcasts in the USA will cease and without a converter box, analog TVs will be unable to receive any stations.\u00a0 The government is now issuing $40 coupons good towards the purchase of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,44,15,39],"tags":[58,57,56,55,59,309,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}