Comcast doesn't even have a connect to my house. In albuquerque, Comcast only added CBS and CW in HD to their system 2 years ago. I told the builder not to allow comcast to connect. I happily use an Antenna for all my HDTV needs.

As for the article, a donation to the DNC or Obama's campaign coffers will get their waiver.

I remember these cables called Firewire, aka 1394, that used to connect HDTV components together like HDMI does. They never came loose on their own. Shame the CEA felt the need to reinvent the wheel just for some added copywrite protections.

It should be called Bmon, for all the B-Monster movies they seem to have on all the time. Personally Battlestar is over, and with it the desire watch the channel. A new name wont change the fact I don't want to watch "Sorority Girls in the Slimball Bowl-a-rama" or " The Space Monster from the Yellow Lagoon on Ghost Mountain"

If the US gov wants to borrow a few trillion dollars to spend, perhaps a better use would be to not collect ANY federal taxes for 6 months. Allow everyone from all levels of income to keep their entire Gross pay. Borrow the money to keep vital government offices open but let everything else go dormant and let the public spend their own money to stimulate the economy.

I think what Sony televisions, and products in general are missing is a big MADE IN USA stamp. I would happily replace my Mitsu's and toshibas for a TV made in USA. Buy New Balance shoes, they are still made in USA

TV System NTSC/PAL

One has to wonder what rock the folks that dreamed this hunk o junk up have been living under for the past 10 years. In less that 4 months NTSC will be going away. No ATSC, shame shame shame. This box is totally Lame Lame Lame.

Home Automation only for the Rich? Check out Homeseer at http://www.homeseer.com

Also try Z-wave based devices. They cost as much as better X-10 products but use RF signals to reliable communicate. Works great for any sized house.

Yeah, add a $5 pair of rabbit ears to the roof if you're located in a DTV coverage area! I stayed at some hotels where I watched HDTV on my laptop with a Paperclip antenna because the new HDTV flat screen didn't have HD on it. Pathetic.

I think the point of this article is that in 2009 Analog broadcasts are going BYE BYE. Cable providers have to continue to carry Local channels either in Analog or All Digital. Charter, Cox, TimeWarner or Comcast can choose to make their systems all digital withno analog as long as they provide STBS for customers.

Complaining that youre loosing your analog on cable, when you're going to lose it broadcast is obsurd if you ask me. The NAB and retailers are the one's confusing people saying theres nothing to worry about if you have cable. You could find yourself with cable and no analog channels if your cable provider contracted with local 'casters to only offer a digital version for an all digital cable system.

People are better off being told they have to upgrade than told something that my not be true. Telling someone they have to upgrade to DTV by Feb 17th to receive Digital broadcasts is true 99.99999% of the time unless someone lives in boonies relying on repeaters. Someone being told that since they are on cable they have nothing to worry about is wrong all the time. The local cable provider could be planning a Switched Digital Video system or just a 100% digital service, or a Digital service with analog of just the local channels.

Theres more to worry about if youre still a DTV dinosaur dragging your feet now 10 years after the start of the transition. It's 11:30, do you know where your Digital Television carriage is Cinderella?

KBIM must be another Austin channel. LIN does own CBS KRQE in Albuquerque though. Which does not have aggreements for their HD channel for CBS on Directv or Comcast cable. They do have deals with Dish Network, and Cable One here.