Posted by Alpha on 12/26/24 11:29

"Kimba W. Lion" <kimbawlion@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "Jim Reid" <jimreid56@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>That's fine, but there is a government mandated deadline at which time
>>analog broadcast will cease. It has been slid to 2009. At that date,
>>unless it gets slid also, you can keep your analog tv, but there won't
>>be anything to watch on it.
>
> Sure there will. The process of producing an "affordable" set top box to
> adapt digital transmissions to older TVs is already under way.
>
> I'm pretty sure no one is in a hurry to shut off analog cable, either.

The point is ... analog will no longer be transmitted after 2009 (used to be
2007....)

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