Government spending: Universal Healthcare NO, Universal Digital Television YES

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Government spending: Universal Healthcare NO, Universal Digital Television YES

03-14-2007, 02:25 PM,

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Government spending: Universal Healthcare NO, Universal Digital Television YES

Quote:Consumers who depend on old-fashioned antennas to watch television won't miss the 2009 Super Bowl, but their analog sets will stop working soon afterward.

Analog TVs will no longer receive a signal come Feb. 19, 2009, unless users update their hardware to receive a digital signal.

Federal officials announced details Monday about how that transition will work, saying the government will help consumers buy the necessary equipment to upgrade to digital -- a converter box that attaches to the TV set.

The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said it is setting aside $990 million to pay for the boxes...

full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...OK7S01.DTL

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