From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, Sep 2, 2006 4:49 PM
Subject: Docket Number: 060512129-6129-01

To the attention of Milton Brown
Office of the Chief Counsel
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
1401 Constitution Avenue, Room 4713
Washington, DC 20230

In the matter of Proposed Rules to Implement a Coupon Program to Subsidy the Purchase of Converter Boxes for Digital Television

It is most important that those who receive such a subsidy be able to purchase equipment that decodes digital television and outputs a signal that can be easily connected to their existing televisions. I work in television and possess the technical skills to connect this equipment. But over and over I hear from the public, "How will I get digital television when the analog station is turned off?" And I also hear, "How do I connect this equipment?" And, "How do I tune this channel?"

So the point I am making is that the subsidy should apply to boxes that are easily connected and easy to understand. In short, the boxes should come with a channel 3 and channel 4 analog television output just like a traditional video cassette recorder or early DVD player. If the general public cannot connect the new boxes with one cable and one power cord, I fear that we may risk disconnecting a section of society from television, a major source of emergency alert messages.

Ken Otto
Cocoa, Florida