If they're not ready by now, they'll never be. Can't hold up progress for the sake of a few procrastinators. Shouldn't be any major issues. All the stations around here changed over in February with little ruckus. The biggest issue has been signal strength getting over the mountains and into...
Waiting list for the boxes? Or the coupons? I've seen pics of piles of converter boxes at retailers in news reports. I hope people realize that you do not HAVE to have a coupon to buy a converter box. It would be helpful if those of sufficient financial means didn't suck up all the coupons...
That seems to be the case here. In reporting on the vote for the delay, all the major broadcast affiliates in my area say they are going ahead with the switch on Feb 17 regardless of the new deadline. And it is still just a deadline. Nothing in the approved legislation prevents stations from...
Ditto. It seems like every other ad on TV is about the digital switch, not to mention the endless "crawls" across the screen during regular programming. If people aren't aware of it by now, they never will be. Maybe when their TV's go blank, they'll figure out that maybe they should do something...