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The Digital TV Transition Brace yourselves: The switch to digital television is upon us. This year, U.S. television stations will stop broadcasting in analog and switch entirely to digital. Need a converter? A new TV entirely? Find answers on how to weather the conversion and keep your picture sharp.
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The Digital TV Transition

Digital TV Goes Dark For Some Rural Viewers

For some rural Americans, the move to digital television also depends on an upgrade to their local translator, a big antenna that brings distant TV signals into faraway towns. In many cases, those upgrades are too costly or complicated to take place.

Digital TV Goes Dark For Some Rural Viewers

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Early Switch To Digital Has Viewers Seeking Help

More than 420 stations across the country went ahead with the switch from analog to digital TV Tuesday. It appears no market will lose all of its major network affiliates, but several markets are losing most of their analog broadcasts.

Early Switch To Digital Has Viewers Seeking Help

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Despite DTV Delay, Viewers May Still Lose Picture

If you're one of millions of Americans who have yet to prepare for the transition to digital TV, you've got an extra four months to get ready. The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to delay the switch until June. But despite the hold-off, millions of viewers may lose reception anyway.

Despite DTV Delay, Viewers May Still Lose Picture

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TV Stations Say Digital Switch Delay Will Be Costly

The House is scheduled to vote this week on delaying the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV until June — but some television stations say the wait would be too expensive.

TV Stations Say Digital Switch Delay Will Be Costly

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Cost And Confusion Plague Digital TV Conversion

The deadline for conversion to digital television is scheduled for Feb. 17. But President Obama has asked for a delay out of concern that an estimated 6.5 million people still aren't ready for the transition.

Cost And Confusion Plague Digital TV Conversion

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House Votes Against Delaying Digital Switch

The switch from analog TV to digital is still set for Feb. 17. Democrats in the Senate tried to postpone the date to June. They fear millions are not prepared for the transition and will be left without a way to watch TV. House Republicans said a delay would confuse customers, and would be costly to companies that would have to keep broadcasting in analog for another four months.

House Votes Against Delaying Digital Switch

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Ahead Of Switch To Digital TV, Some Opposition

Not everyone is happy with the nation switching to digital TV Feb. 17. The Consumers Union called for a delay in the changeover and President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has also requested that Congress push back the date. Joel Kelsey, a policy analyst with Consumers Union, talks about his group's call for a delay.

Ahead Of Switch To Digital TV, Some Opposition

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Prisons Excluded From DTV Coupon Programs

Prisons are excluded from legislation giving millions of dollars to television viewers for coupons to cut the cost of a converter box for digital television. TV is crucial for cash-strapped, under-staffed prisons, many of which rely on analog television sets to keep prisoners occupied.

Prisons Excluded From DTV Coupon Programs

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Minorities Less Prepared For Digital Shift

In less than two months, television owners face a switch to digital broadcast. But reports indicate minority groups are at higher risk of not being ready for the change. Michael Sherman, general manager of San Francisco-based Asian-language TV station KTSF, explains why some Asian immigrants will see static on their TV sets in February.

Minorities Less Prepared For Digital Shift

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Cable Subscribers Increase Before Digital Transition

Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable service provider, announced Wednesday that earnings were up. The company says it lost some basic cable subscribers, but that the decline was offset by new digital subscribers. One non-profit group is urging Congress to investigate whether Comcast and other cable companies are trying to profit from the upcoming transition from analog broadcast TV to digital.

Joel Rose reports about Comcast on 'Morning Edition'

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Comcast Is Accused of Deceptive Business Practices

Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports says Comcast and other cable operators appear to be trying to profit from the upcoming transition from analog broadcast TV to digital, and that Comcast is forcing consumers to upgrade or accept fewer channels for the same price.

Joel Rose reports about Comcast on 'Morning Edition'

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TV Viewers Prepare for Digital Transition

In February 2009, all full-power broadcast television stations in the U.S. will stop analog transmissions and begin broadcasting only in digital. Viewers who have cable or satellite are fine, but those who have older TVs receiving over-the-air signals may need to buy converters.

TV Viewers Prepare for Digital Transition

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What Will Digital Do to Low-Power TV?

The Community Broadcasters Association has filed suit in federal court, hoping to block the sale of digital TV converter boxes that do not have an "analog pass-through." The group says the converter boxes allow old analog TV sets to receive only digital signals.

What Will Digital Do to Low-Power TV?

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FCC Orders Digital TV Providers to Inform Public

The Federal Communications Commission has issued an order requiring broadcasters to air information on the digital TV transition and file quarterly reports on these efforts with the commission. The orders also require cable and satellite providers and television manufacturers to inform consumers about how they will be affected.

FCC Orders Digital TV Providers to Inform Public

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Pastor Takes His Flock Over Digital Divide

The federal government is requiring that all television programming be distributed digitally by early 2009. That means analog sets will soon become obsolete — a change that is expected to leave many black households behind. Farai Chideya talks with Rev. Anthony Evans about his grassroots effort to help blacks bridge that digital divide.

Pastor Takes His Flock Over Digital Divide

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Americans Not Ready for Digital TV

The Federal Communications Commission has been widely criticized for doing virtually nothing to prepare the country for the conversion to digital TV in 2009. Joel Rose of WHYY looks at the British approach.

Americans Not Ready for Digital TV

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A Year Out, Digital TV Picture Still Far from Sharp

Three-fourths of consumers don't know what to do to get ready for the end of analog TV next year. Electronics makers say they're trying to explain. The FCC says it has asked Congress to fund a public education campaign. Consumer advocates say that's not enough.

A Year Out, Digital TV Picture Still Far from Sharp

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