In a few short months, analog TV will be gone -- the Department of Commerce can tell you all about it. Don't worry though -- it won't affect people who get cable TV, people who have bought a TV in the past year, or people who get their TV via satellite. Who does that leave? The rural and the poor are a big chunk, but around a third of TV viewers still use antennas, meaning there's a big chunk of the population that doesn't spend money on TV, but will have to. Oh, there's the coupon program, but that doesn't equal free unless the qualifying converter miraculously costs less than the coupon, you can only buy qualifying converters with it, and there's a bunch of catches in using the coupon. Will it be better? Some think so, other predict chaos.
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