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

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

I don't pay any attention to what my channel numbers are, since I don't watch regular television, only DVD and VCR stuff. And I don't have cable. But it seems to me ABC is still the same channel it was on my old TV (I watched Lost the other night).

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

If switching channels (say with the channel up and down button on the remote) hasn't seemed a little weird to you yet, it's old style.

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

'K.