Gizmodo: dta800

RCA DTA800 Digital Converter for Analog TVs Updated, Delayed

Matt Buchanan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:40:57 EST

We kinda forgot all about this little box for old folks with old TVs that was announced way back at CES and promised by the end of this year. It's got a fresh paint job and later street date (January), dropping a little more than a year before analog broadcasts shutdown in 2009 in favor of all-digital broadcasts, which your TV can't pick up if it's not digital—unless you have this digital converter box or one like it. If you don't wanna roll down to Best Buy for a new TV, you can knock $40 off the DTA800 and keep on trucking with your grandma TV. More pictures:

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Aging Company Provides Aging Technology for Aging Users

Jason Chen — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:45:30 EDT

We couldn't think of a better marriage between an elderly company providing something for the elderly than these digital to analog converters from RCA. If your grandma doesn't care for replacing her 30-year-old analog set with something capable of receiving digital broadcasts, this DTA800 will be able to receive digital over-the-air (OTA) and translate it to analog. Useful when analog shuts down in 2009.

The DTA800 also receives OTA HD broadcasts as well as SD broadcasts, which is kind of strange seeing as the average consumer who buys this doesn't have the eye strength to discern one from the other anyway. – Jason Chen

RCA Readies for End of Analog with DTA800 Converter [Electronic House]

RCA/Thomson's Ageless Media Devices

kthompson — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:59:27 EST

RCA has all your needs of yesteryear covered with their DRC8335 "Full Recording Solution" DVD/VCR combo. NTSC and ATSC TV tuners have your new- and old-school programs under control. Play and record VHS and DVD media with the touch of a button for $250 this April. More ancient technologies (and one modern one) after the jump.

Another example of RCA's aging prowess is the DTA800 digital TV adapter. This little box picks up those new-fangled digital television signals and down-converts them to analog so your forty-year-old TV can play them (seriously, that's the RCA booth demo setup). Pricing is unavailable, probably because nobody knows if anybody will actually want to buy one of these things.

Rounding out the list of products to keep your aging system in useable shape, the Thomson wireless Music Box collects internet radio streams or other digital audio sources and connects them to your home stereo system for playback. It is managed from one of Thomson's new DECT-equipped phones or any other WiFi or UPnP device.

Not content to simply master the past, RCA also debuted the MPC4000 Laptop Teleceiver, a USB device that converts your PC into a full-fledged television. The small receiver will pick up and record both digital and analog signals. RCA thinks the Teleceiver is a perfect solution for cramped spaces like dorm rooms, and with a $200 price tag this April, they may have some takers. – Karson Thompson