With the state of the economy, many people have been unable to continue to afford the luxuries in life such as cable or satellite television. These people have made do, just as in the times before cable, by simply watching local programming. However, in 2009 the FCC made it impossible to do this for free without buying a new television. This led to many people buying converter boxes, which the government did discount, and then having to hook them up to their TV’s.

One of the converter boxes that was not discounted, but better for those people who couldn’t afford cable or satellite any longer, was to buy and HDTV converter instead of just a DTV converter box. These HDTV boxes, when hooked up with the right television, greatly increase picture quality as well as the amount of channels. Unfortunately, when using HDTV converters it is a good idea to use a regular antenna as well so that you don’t lose your original programming. This means that you will need to have either a new television (one that is designed to use DTV frequencies) or you will have to have an additional converter box.

Once you get your converter box, hooking it up is simple. Just position your television so that you can reach the back panel. Using the already present cable, hook the antenna up to the “antenna in” port on the converter box. Then take red, white and yellow RCA cords and hook them into the designated positions in the TV (video in) and the Converter box. After completing this you will use a coaxial cable (generally included with the converter kit) and run it from the “Output to TV” port to the “Cable in” port on your television.