Mike S. wrote:

Analog passthru will continue to be useful past February 2009 if you have
a low power local station that is not covered by the mandated digital
switchover date.

Wal-mart is now carrying RCA converter boxes that support analog
passthrough. I believe the model number is DTA-800b1, as opposed to
DTA-800 for the model without passthrough. The packaging looks almost
the same but mentions the passthrough.