Gotten Your DTV Converter Box Yet?

Many people in Mobile are very happy they've already gotten their digital TV converter boxes.
The U.S. Commerce Department has run out of money to fund the $40 coupons intended to help offset the cost of the boxes.
Pepper Stubblefield said he's happy he bought his two digital TV converter boxes when he did.
Stubblefield said, "I'm glad I got it before it was not available. I assume that the cards will continue to be available when the money becomes available, that's what I've heard, but I've got mine."
Paula Stadther said she bought a converter box two months ago with a discount coupon, even though she still hasn't hooked it up.
Stadther said, "I am glad that I got it because I really didn't plan to buy a digital TV. I just wanted to stay with my old TV and do it as economically as possible."
Stubblefield did mention one problem he's had with digital TV: freeze frames.
He said, "I get a lot of 'stops' and 'starts' with my box and I have to get up and jiggle my rabbit ears sometimes."
But John Hatten with Radio Shack said getting the right type of antenna can help with that.
Hatten said, "Anybody in Mobile, the city of Mobile, should be okay with an amplified indoor antenna and, if they're having a problem with an amplified indoor antenna, then they want to go to an outside antenna."
If you haven't gotten your discount coupon yet, as of Monday the government started putting people on a waiting list.
And here's another reminder: if you do have your coupon, use it quickly.
It expires 90 days after it is issued.