"Chances are that your wrong there, Sears and many other retailers have been advocating the change to ATSC and/or HD sets for atleast the last 4 years that I know of."
This article actually pertains to TVs with built-in ATSC (aka over-the-air) tuners. After March 1, all new TVs shipped to stores must have these built-in tuners, regardless of size. The ONLY people that MUST have these types of TVs are the ones who don't have cable or satellite.
Cable/satellite customers won't be affected at all by the 2/17/09 transition to digital.
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"Chances are that your wrong there, Sears and many other retailers have been advocating the change to ATSC and/or HD sets for atleast the last 4 years that I know of."
This article actually pertains to TVs with built-in ATSC (aka over-the-air) tuners. After March 1, all new TVs shipped to stores must have these built-in tuners, regardless of size. The ONLY people that MUST have these types of TVs are the ones who don't have cable or satellite.
Cable/satellite customers won't be affected at all by the 2/17/09 transition to digital.