Stand corrected but why do they have a 90 day limit on the coupons. Many will expire before some of the receivers with NTSC are available. Maybe they could buy them now and take deliver later. Just typical of a government committee run type program. Bob Miller On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 10:52 PM -0500 2/26/08, Bob Miller wrote: > >Congress gave them the specifications which unfortunately didn't > >allow for NTSC pass thru but they will fix that sometime after the > >90 day wonder coupons run out. > > Not true. The NTIA developed the specifications and released them > about a year ago. The specifications DO ALLOW for NTSC pass through, > but this is not a requirement. > > > It is ALSO an NTIA requirement that consumers who order coupons > (essentially NTIA "gift cards") present these cards in person at a > retail location. Presumably this is to prevent fraud and to enforce > the 2 box limit. The retail products have a special warning label on > them informing the buyer that they cannot return the box for full > credit - only the portion that they pay above the value of the > coupon can be returned to the consumer, and they REALLY DO NOT want > to accept any returns. > > Regards > Craig > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > >