An anonymous Slashdot visitor asked today what was the very best digital television to analog converter box. He was trying to find one with the very best hacking potential. We really bought a Zenith DTT900 HD converter box this summertime particularly wondering about the hacking potential. We did a teardown as well as you can discover a full gallery on Flickr. Our final thought was this: there’s not much there. You’re speaking about a box that takes a digital RF signal as well as turns it into a crappier looking analog signal over composite. There isn’t much you can do outside of its created use. Do you have any type of concepts what else can be made with it?
Slashdot commenter [timeOday] did mention a Tivax brand box that features a serial port. You can utilize it to problem remote commands to the box.
Not much has been stated about the actual coupons. We’ve got a scan of them embedded below. The $40 vouchers are essentially credit score cards. We ran ours with a magstripe visitor confirming this. even though the card isn’t stamped with the recipient’s name, it is kept on the magstripe.