[SBE] Ready to turn analog back on?

[A9xw at cs.com]

Most of the STB's have an NTSC tuner in them, but it is disabled because the 
box is supposed to only provide DTV to analog conversion.  

How many STB's will fail, become trash and landfill shortly after?  Can we 
get a $40 rebate for sending them back when they break or we don't need them 
anymore?  Isn't this one of the ultimate throw-away devices? 

Henry