While HD channels ARE digital, they are not the same thing. you will not have to have an HD tv to watch tv off air, you will just need a digital tuner equipped tv. Now, HDTVs are all digital, since the off air feeds and QAM feeds that display hd are digital channels, so us HD users are all set. As for the world without digital tvs, you can get non-hd digital TVs. They are out there and abound at stores that sell low end electronics (must...display...tact...).
I have a portable digital tv. hand held, 35 bucks at a Drugstore. So this changeover is just scaring the consumer base right now.
Course, you could just buy and HD tv and get it over with...
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HD and DIGITAL ARE NOT THE SAME THING PEOPLE!!!!
While HD channels ARE digital, they are not the same thing. you will not have to have an HD tv to watch tv off air, you will just need a digital tuner equipped tv. Now, HDTVs are all digital, since the off air feeds and QAM feeds that display hd are digital channels, so us HD users are all set. As for the world without digital tvs, you can get non-hd digital TVs. They are out there and abound at stores that sell low end electronics (must...display...tact...).
I have a portable digital tv. hand held, 35 bucks at a Drugstore. So this changeover is just scaring the consumer base right now.
Course, you could just buy and HD tv and get it over with...