The Big Switch

Get ready, consumers: American broadcast television is undergoing a radical change that could render millions of TVs useless. That simple message isn’t getting across to enough households, raising concern that whole swaths of American homes will see their TVs turn to snow next February. That’s when Congress has said… Read full story at US News

Most TV owners know what will happen Feb. 17, 2009 — that’s when the television broadcast signal switches from analog to digital. But for many, the picture still isn’t clear. Here, a few experts help ease the confusion about the DTV transition. Read full story at CJ Online

Q We are considering purchasing a DVD recorder-player, but we’re wondering if we’ll still be able to use it when the switch to over-the-air digital TV signals occurs. Read full story

House lawmakers don’t want the cost of a television coupon program to catch them by surprise — or without enough money to ensure millions of Americans can still watch TV after their analog sets flicker out of … Read full story

The Senate Commerce Committee rescheduled its digital-TV-transition oversight hearing for April 8. The hearing was initially scheduled for Feb. 14, in advance of the one-year countdown to the Feb. 17, 2009, switch to digital, but… Read full story by John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable