Original, NTIA introduction to DTV converter box program below: Includes snail mail application: For folks who didn't have the Internet in 2008. Ironically, the applicant had to download this page! (Your government thinks of everything.)

Back to the present. Please don't bother to apply! The coupon giveaway ended on July 31, 2009. And hold onto your wallet. Your Uncle Sugar has deep pockets, but taxpayers already paid out $1.359 billion. (The exact figure seems to vary. Source: Wikipedia.) Moral: “Free stuff” costs you a bucket of bucks.

Also see: How do I get my $40 coupon from the converter box subsidy program?