The bill comes just weeks after President Obama's request to postpone the transition in light of the recession and problems with funding for the TV Converter Box Coupon Program.

FORBES: In The Air

The primarily glossy red device casually holds your iPod video, and provides a Source, Format, and Connect button to go along with the volume keys, and houses Marvell's 88DE2710 digital video format converter to handle the upscaling.

ENGADGET: Meridian MV-D1 iPod dock outputs 1080p content to your HDTV

And it can also convert video in HD format into the two lower-quality formats with its "down converter" function.

FORBES: Shoot Your Own HDTV Movie

While most people get their broadcast channels as part of a pay-TV package that usually includes cable channels, consumers with newer TVs, or an inexpensive converter for old TVs, can receive over-the-air signals from broadcast stations free in areas with good reception.

WSJ: Over-the-Air TV Catches Second Wind, Aided by Web

The company says that they emit 20% less carbon dioxide than a gasoline-fueled engine with a catalytic converter and consume 20% less fuel.

FORBES: Magazine Article

There's a new President at 1600 Pennsylvania, and with that comes a new FCC -- we take time to give our two cents on the poorly-implemented DTV converter box coupon program, crazy notions of delaying the DTV transition and tinfoil-hat talk of the cable monopoly.

ENGADGET: HD Podcast 119 - 01.21.2009 HD