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Old 12-17-2008, 07:29 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Most of the broadcasters have the digital signal on the air now. It is so much better picture the only reason to watch an analog feed is weather the digital goes out while the analog is still watchable... Must not be more than a handful of us folks now without cable or a dish...
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Smart move to do this though, since it will alert the shut-ins that may not know that it's going to happen full time in Feb. Gives them a month or two to get their act together and get a converter box and antenna. :P
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As of this 2007 source, there were some 15 million households in the US depending on over-the-air broadcasts:

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The Nielsen Company estimated that, as of January 2007, 15.5 million households, or about 14 percent of all television households rely on over-the air television broadcasts for video programming. In addition, many households that subscribe to an MVPD also rely on over-the-air signals to receive broadcast programming on some of their television sets.
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