It must be a real thing, it's on CNN.

[Stuart Sweet]

Did my TV screen just shrink?

That's the question a lot of people will be asking after installing one of the converter boxes that will keep their older TV sets tuned in to over-the-air broadcasts after February 17, when most stations will switch from analog to digital transmission.

Read more here (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/23/hd.converters.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech).

I guess this means that the switchover is actually happening.

[tfederov]

I saw this yesterday. I hope that these vendors have help lines at the ready. Not everyone is tech savvy enough to understand what might happen to their picture.

[Stuart Sweet]

On the other hand a lot of people are complacent when it comes to TV. They accept snowy pictures, rain fade, stretchovision, they might accept this.

[Drew2k]

On the other hand a lot of people are complacent when it comes to TV. They accept snowy pictures, rain fade, stretchovision, they might accept this.I have coworkers that accept crappy analog cable with a crappy cable DVR ... they're blown away when I show them what DIRECTV offers. It is sad that DBS has such a stigma about it - too many people think it's not for them or worry about rain fade or worry about installation issues, and they end up acepting status quo for fear of trying a change ...

[paulman182]

Cable TV is so bad in my area that the cable systems probably don't know about the switchover and will be missing locals when it happens!

[cweave02]

I got my 2 "coupons" in the mail yesterday from the Feds. I may frame one of them as today's version of the WWI ration books.