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Switch to Digital Television Picking up Steam
Alioth writes "The long-anticipated switchover to purely digital TV began last night in Britain. Although digital broadcasts have been available for a while in most parts of the UK, they have been running alongside the old analogue frequencies. Last night, in the small hours, the analogue signal for BBC2 was switched off forever in the town of Whitehaven in Cumbria. Analog signals are expected to have been switched off over the whole of the UK by 2012. Meanwhile in the states Best Buy has stopped selling analog televisions. 'Best Buy is the first consumer-electronics retailer to report an exit from the analog-TV business. More than 60 million U.S. households currently rely on an antennas or analog cable, and cable operators are required to guarantee their customers will receive broadcast channels until February 2012.'"
.. in the small hours, the analogue signal for BBC2 was switched off forever in the town of Whitehaven in Cumbria
the intro to "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Signal"
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
I have an old analog TV and I use rabbit ears. The only reason I turn on the TV is to watch Bears Football on Sunday. In 2012 I will be listening to Bears football the same way I listen to Cubs baseball, AM radio. The commercial spasms during Sunday football remind me of why I hate TV so much. I want to kick Johnny Cougar Mellencamp in the nuts for his "Our Country" truck Jingle. By the way, I still watch good movies. I proudly share them with my millions of friends.