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Originally Posted by radiotvnut
I'm sure the whole game plan was to discontinue the DTV converters ASAP in order to force people into buying a new TV. I have two Digitalstream boxes, a CM box, one Magnavox box that I paid $15 for, and one of those cheap BB Apex boxes that I got for free when my neighbor went into a nursing home. I plan on buying more boxes, just in case I need them, in the near future.
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The CM converter boxes were discontinued a while ago, in fact people on ebay are willing to pay $70 just to get one - why I don't know...
The reason why you can't buy any of the good converters anymore is because the coupon program ended - plain & simple, companies know that people aren't willing to pay the full price of a DTV box when they can just buy a new HDTV instead. In a business stand point this makes sense because if no one is buying them, it's just a waste of money to make the boxes.
The Insignia/Zenith & CM converter boxes were discontinued before the coupon program ended, I remember seeing months ago a lot of people in the AVS Fourms continuously asking where they can buy the boxes, because stores stopped stocking them early...