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Well, to be honest, no one is quite sure. At midnight, as February 16, 2009, turns to February 17, broadcasters will shut off the analog broadcast signal and switch on the digital signal. If every TV in your house, analog or digital, is hooked up to a satellite receiver or an analog or digital cable box, or even just the naked cable line, or if you have a digital TV with a digital TV tuner attached to a digital antenna, it's likely Dave Letterman will continue his Top 10 and tête-à-tête with some movie star as if nothing had happened.īut, for folks with an analog TV tethered to either rabbit ears or a rooftop yagi antenna, you'll likely see snow at 12:01am, regardless of the weather conditions outside. So do you need to buy a new digital TV? Honestly, no. You can buy a digital converter box such as the Zenith DTT901, and get $40 off the price via a coupon available from the Federal government.

More on the converter/coupon program in a minute.īut first, since you're knee deep in a special advertising section on HDTVs, you'll understand if we try to convince you to buy a new TV anyway. No major TV maker has made or sold an analog TV for years.

Zenith analog to digital converter box