Reply #24: Wow! Finally a response in this thread filled with FACTS! [View All]

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For those of you with analog only tv's, there is a coupon program here: https://www.dtv2009.gov, where you can apply for a coupon towards buying a digital to analog converter box. Total out of pocket expense will probably be around $5-10. Right now all digital broadcast signals are UHF, but once the transition happens, stations are given the option to either keep their analog frequency, or their digital frequency. Some will keep their analog frequency and end up broadcasting digitally on a VHF frequency. In most cases, you will end up receiving more channels than you currently do because the tuners and elecronics in the box are more advanced. The one downside to a digital broadcast is that there is no inbetween. You either get it or dont. No fuzzy ghosty picture. However I've seen cases where I can only get the analog station with a weak, fuzzy picture, yet the digital version comes in fine.

No, the sky is not falling, and those of us with fancy hdtv's love the FREE HD content we can get from broadcast tv, instead of paying cable or satellite for it.