The number of televisions estimated that sit unused in closets.
The EPA estimates that nearly 100 million unused televisions are currently taking up precious, beautiful space. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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Wow, this is interesting news, especially since I am in the Chicago area. Thanks to the first poster for a lot of very good information. My main concern with this upgrade, (which even I would say is necessary to keep pushing digital/HD content forward), is support for older TV's, having all these set-top boxes all over my house. The biggest challenge will be PC's with tuner cards and Windows Media Center. (I have MCE 2005 right now.) Will I still be able to access everything easily via the STB? Will this overall project basically force me to upgrade all the TV's in my house to have QAM, provided they do allow all the non-premium channels to be broadcast on QAM, as the first poster said?
Looks like I'll be calling Comcast to get more info.