Senate pass deadline for Digital TV transition.

[gonefishin]

If you have cable or dish*...you're already safe.

[Invader3k]

Man, that date just seems to get pushed further and further back, doesn't it?

[Smokey]

Man, that date just seems to get pushed further and further back, doesn't it?

I think this time this date will stick since it was passed by Senate rather than suggestion by FCC. As of now , it is law.

As it was mentioned, televisions hooked up to cable or satellite would not need the converters. The only people that will have to worry about their analog Tv might be those that only recieve their signal thru Air. And buying a converter box will solve their reception problem.

The good news is that on the same Senate's budget bill, which passed last week, it contains a $3 billion subsidy for owners of televisions that can not handle eventual transition to digital television. The subsidy would go to pay for converter boxes for low-income Americans that would have difficulty coming up with the $40 or the $50 for a conversion box.