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I am almost convinced that the reason the converter boxes are so hard to find these days is because the makers of flat-panel sets do not want to see older sets in use anymore. They would rather see people junk their old (or not so old, but working perfectly well) analog TVs and buy new FP sets, now that the DTV conversion is complete and all full-power TV stations are digital, than to retrofit old sets with converters.
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Yep, it does seem like DFP TV makers discontinued their converters(ie. the Zenith/Insignia/LG box), and brick and mortar stores would rather sell a new TV than a converter box, which is why they're getting rid of them, even if a lot of units are still manufactured and available (from a couple of small online stores that don't sell TVs).
Even if the converter boxes start to disappear, I don't think that DVD recorders and DVD/VCR combos will start to disappear soon. Almost every units have ATSC tuners.