Wal-Mart gets dirt cheap on digital-to-analog TV converters

Attention Wal-Mart shoppers -- you're about to get a sweet deal on a digital-to-analog TV converter box. According to an excited press release from the company, your local stores are now stocked from floor to ceiling with an ultra-cheap Magnavox converter, selling for the shockingly low price of $49.87. Of course, since households across the US are about to get those succulent $40 coupons for converters, this little puppy won't cost much more than about two gallons of gas. We kid, we kid. But seriously, they're pretty cheap.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2008 11:24AM]

The cost of these things in the UK is below $40 if you deduct the taxes so I expect them to become even cheaper. What happens with the coupon when you buy a box for less than $40??

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2008 12:42PM]

I've already trained on the use of these coupons.

The coupons can only be used one time. So if you buy say a $30 converter box the leftover amount is lost. Tax is also not covered, so you still owe the tax even if the box is $30.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2008 1:28PM]

"EchoStar, the parent company of Dish Network, announced that it will sell a digital TV converter box for $39.99. The company said its TR-40 converter box will be available in limited quantities in March and unlimited quantities in June."