Winegard Introduces Battery-Powerer DTV Converter Box

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Battery pack would allow DTV-to-analog converters to work in power-outages
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/28/2008 10:44:00 AM

Equipment manufacturer Winegard is unveiling a battery pack for its DTV-to-analog converter box at a DTV expo in Wilmington, N.C. today (Aug. 28).

That is the city pulling the plug on full-power analog TV Sept. 8 to give the Federal Communications Commission a sense of how the Feb. 17, 2009 national switch will go..

The battery pack will free the devices from the power grid in case of emergencies so they can be used with battery-powered analog TV's, a popular item in hurricane-prone areas like the North Carolina coastal town of Wilmington, though in that case the stations will have the option of continuing in analog, an option that won't be available when the plug is pulled nationwide..


Winegard Introduces Battery-Powerer DTV Converter Box - 8/28/2008 10:44:00 AM - Broadcasting & Cable