For the last couple of years, there has been a lot of media coverage about the nation’s upcoming move from analog to digital television broadcasts. But to tell you the truth, it never seemed “real” until I just recently started seeing messages scrolling across the bottom of my TV. It’s hard to believe that this change will take effect in less than a year. I thought that all analog TVs would require a special converter, but after reading a bit more about it today, I realize that’s not the case. Televisions utilizing satellite programing will continue to work with their digital converter boxes. Many cable providers are also putting measures into place that will allow their customers to continue using their analog TVs.
I have an HDTV in my living room, but my bedroom TV is a regular analog box. I have programming through DirecTV, so it appears I won’t be affected by this change. Of course, at some point I would like to get an HDTV for my bedroom, complete with an LCD mount for the wall. But in the meantime, it’s nice to know that I don’t have to make that investment by February 2009!
June 11th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Hi Tish! When you buy a new HDTV, will you go ahead and pick me one up too? Hahaha! Bobby be too broke to buy one:)
I didn’t realize you lived in Knoxville, I have a bunch of relatives who live there!