Don't you hate reruns on TV? The worst one is the daily reminder that there are now only 48 days until the digital transition.
It seems I have heard this before. Yes, the move from analog TV signal to digital was supposed to come Feb. 17 and broadcast hyped it like to countdown to the end of the world.
Since the change could have affected the three dozens viewers who still hadn't tuned in to the change; limiting their ability to watch the coronation of the new president, Congress flip-flopped and moved the required change to June 12.
Some stations changed immediately, some waited. Most in Atlanta are still broadcasting in the old analog format.
I was expecting story after story about some poor TV viewer who hadn't heard of the switch, hadn't made the switch, and couldn't afford to make the switch. But so far; silence.
It didn’t bother us since we were on cable. But with a changeover to AT&T U-verse, we had a TV upstairs that we didn’t want to pay $5 a month to add to the plan. I have now added an antenna and a converter box (I got the $40 rebate) to provide an ASTC signal.
The new box and TV provide a picture that is as good or better than some of the others sets in the house. We are now ready for the second coming of DTV.
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