


Your digital TV or your converter box will need to connected to a roof-top or “rabbit ears” style antenna to get good reception. If you want to use an older TV without digital tuning capability, you will need to purchase a digital tuner converter box. It is now illegal to import TV’s that are not digital tuner capable, but some stores might still have inventory of old analog TVs’ so be careful before you buy. Some people will find this a great excuse to help out the economy and go buy a new TV equipped with a digital tuner. An analog TV connected to a digital converter box connected to a rooftop antenna or “rabbit ears”.A TV with a build in digital tuner connected to a rooftop antenna or “rabbit ears”.If you are one of these remaining households, still to make the transition, no worries! Here’s what you need: Those of use already paying for cable or satellite TV service will not be impacted. According to IMS research, only 3.6 Million over-the-air analog TV households remained by the end of 2008. If you listen to some of the news coverage of the eminent transition from analog to digital TV you might think the impact will be huge! In fact, the majority of TV households in the US will never notice.
