No 'D-Day' for Cable Firms

3If you have cable television from a company that will go 100 percent digital: You will need a converter box or a digital TV. 3 If you have cable television from a company that will not go 100 percent digital: You need not make any changes. News You can use

The transition from analog to digital television is seven months away for those who receive free over-the-air programming.

However, for many cable companies, that transition will take longer.

That's because there are two digital transitions: the broadcast transition and the cable transition.

At midnight on Feb. 17, 2009, by federal law, every analog television that uses "rabbit ears" or an antenna to receive free over-the-air programming will go static. This is the digital broadcast transition.



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