Digital TV Transition Survival Guide

By Scott Steinberg
October 17th, 2008

For most of today’s primetime audience, the questions are simple. For example: Which HDTV to buy? Whether to catch tonight’s episodes of The Office and Grey’s Anatomy or record them to DVR instead? And, of course, our personal favorite: Why the heck am I paying $60 a month again for basic cable when ABC, CBS, NBC and ESPN are all offering dozens of videos for free download off their websites? But according to the FCC and Nielsen, for nearly one in five of America’s 114.5 million television viewing households, there could potentially be another biggie early next year: Where did my signal go?!

At midnight on February 17, 2009, the government will officially cease over-the-air analog TV broadcasts and make the exclusive jump to digital television. The decision to do so wasn’t undertaken lightly, considering that around 12% of the nation ...

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