Now that the Microprose MPI-500PT analog-passthrough converter bo...
Now that the Microprose MPI-500PT analog-passthrough converter box has won NTIA certification, the maker needs a retailer other than the Microprose online store to sell it. NTIA has booted Legacy Engineering from the program, the agency confirmed Monday. Legacy…
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ran the Microprose Systems online store under license from maker Microprose. The MPI- 500PT gained notoriety after low-power TV’s Community Broadcasters Association steered visitors to its KeepUsOn.com site toward buying the uncertified box at the Microprose store. On Monday, the CBA hailed word of the MPI-500PT getting NTIA certification in a reply to a query we posted at KeepUsOn.com. “What great news to know that yet another quality DTV converter with analog passthrough is going to be made available to the public,” the CBA said. We asked the CBA if it plans to revive the Microprose cross promotion that the NTIA’s action against Legacy killed. “We have continued our discussions with Microprose and hope they will achieve success with their product when it ultimately becomes available,” the CBA said.