Thanks you guys, I'll go find it.

If you're getting cable of any type you will be ok.

And as katiesue said, the deadline for switching to digital has been set for much longer than Bush has been in office. I think the current date was set around 1998 though the plan to do so was started much earlier.

As for who is making money, that would be pretty much everybody: the government gets to reclaim spectrum it can auction off. The networks get a broadcast format that can be split into multiple channels (you can broadcast more in the same frequency than you could before, for example, I have four different NBC sub-channels I can watch).

And really, the consumer has benefits in ways since one of the reasons we have finally switched to modern TV technology (HD, flat screen, widescreen, etc.) is that the manufacturers were assured of enough future business in the new products that they could justify the R&D necessary (though Japan, by switching to digital broadcast 15 years ago also subsidized a lot of this) to develop them.

Here's a good set of FAQs about the switchover.

Thanks, Alex, for the info {I haven't found the thread yet}.

Okay, so I'll quit griping about it being done by George.

I do love all of the channels, myself, and even love my new t.v.s {even though they are the cheaper brands, they are still awesome, to me}.

I need to read up on that link {favorited, thank you!} to see what will happen to stubborn people like my mother who refuse to get even basic cable. Or, actually, can't afford it. Some budgets can't handle even that right now.

I forgot about this one.

Aw...I do not remember ever seeing that one. Beautiful! Talk about magic, eh? Thank you for posting that one!:snap: