DISH Network's DTVPal converter box goes retail at Sears

Although DISH Network's $59.99 DTVPal converter box went on sale late last month, you've had to order it via the DTVPal website or by phone... until now. The NTIA-approved (meaning you can use your $40 voucher on it) box will soon start surfacing in 511 Sears retail locations along with 194 Sears Dealer stores, meaning that you can actually get in your vehicle and pick one up should you choose to do so. For us introverts, we'd still much rather have a brown box dropped off at our doorstep, but oftentimes there's nothing like instant gratification.

[EQC Posted Jul 22nd 2008 8:18PM]

Have we gotten any word on why this device is retailing for $60 instead of the $40 target price they announced months ago?

Also: I think this device uses an external power brick, which I find really obnoxious. The zenith/insignia unit I picked up just has a regular-old power plug...don't know why they would have pulled the AC-DC electronics into an external brick for this one.

[Garst Posted Jul 23rd 2008 6:42AM]

When I ordered this last month, there person on the phone said that prices were to drop later in the summer.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 22nd 2008 8:25PM]

Already for sale - purchased one July 17th in Springfield, OR.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 22nd 2008 11:19PM]

This is the box that they have been selling at Ultimate Electronics for $39.99 for the last couple of weeks.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 23rd 2008 10:09AM]

What? No HDMI output? :P

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 23rd 2008 1:04PM]

Ultimate Electronics doesn't have anything doing a search on "dtvpal" and it's highly unlikely they'd be selling a box for $20 less that every other retailer on the planet including the distributor.