HD Format Wars = Over!

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

Let's not forget that new federal mandate that is Requiring everyone to get HDTvs in order to get any tv channels in a couple years from now. So basically if you still have an analog TV, youre not going to get anything. What a way to force everyone to buy HD anything...

This isn't true at all. You don't need an HDTV to get a digital signal, you need a TV with a digital converter, which can be found in newer standard TVs as well.

Also, if you do have an older, analog TV, you can request from the government up to two coupons per household worth $40/each to buy the digital converters.

Having a TV with a cable jack doesn't mean you'll be able to get the digital signals. I've lost a handful of cable channels because they've converted to digital while my TV, which has a cable jack, is old and analog.

I've already requested my two coupons, so I can continue to be a cheapskate when it comes to my TV. (It's really quite pathetic seeing that my bedroom TV, which is the one I usually watch, is 10+ years old and the screen is turning white.)