In case you missed it.

[cactuswatcher]

A bill has just passed the US House of Representatives, which will require TV stations to broadcast in digital only beginning in February 2009. Which means that if you have an old style TV it will not receive anything over the air after that date. Congress is planning on offering vouchers to help purchase converters to keep our old sets running. But apparently the converters won't be free.

I have no idea where this is going to leave Canadians.

Comments

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what going digital means, exactly. Does this mean TVs with rabbit ears will no longer be able to get a signal?

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

Until recently all TVs built for use since the 1940's in the US and Canada worked on an analog signal (NTSC) like radio. The new technology works in bytes like your computer. Your rabbit ears may continue to pick up the digital signal, but your old analog TV will not work unless Canadian stations continue to broadcast in the old fashion or you get a converter.