Friday, December 12, 2008
From Analog to Digital
Posted on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:00 AM
In a recent study, the FCC found that up to 5 percent of Tennesseans are not ready for the digital TV transition February 17th.
In fact, about 5 percent of Americans nationwide aren't ready, so the FCC is sending representatives around the country to talk about the switch.
FCC lawyer Katherine Power will be at the Oak Court Mall tonight from 5 - 8 p.m. and at the Kmart on Austin Peay Highway tomorrow (Saturday) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., answering questions about the digital switch and demonstrating how to plug the digital converter box into an analog television.
"You should plug [the converter box] in now. Don't wait," Power says. "Digital television is on the air now."
The federal government has a coupon program to offset the cost of the digital converters. Each household can apply for two $40 coupons by visiting www.DTV2009.gov. Each analog television needs its own converter box.
"Television has been free all these year for people with analog sets. To have to incur a cost for these converter boxes, we felt a coupon program would help people make the transition," Power says.
To read more, visit Mary Cashiola's In the Bluff blog.
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