Cable CompromiseThe U.S. cable industry (ncta.com) has launched an extensive consumer education campaign to alert TV viewers about the analog to digital transition. They have included this information: The good news is that the digital transition should be easy. Thanks to a compromise adopted by the FCC in September 2007, cable companies will carry the main digital signal of "must carry" commercial broadcast TV stations and will duplicate that signal into analog format so that all channels can be viewed on any older analog TV sets connected to cable. Cable’s carriage of the signals in both digital and analog formats will ensure that all customers will see commercial broadcast TV signals after the transition. This approach will make the digital transition effortless for all cable customers and provide valuable assistance to commercial TV stations trying to reach all of the homes in their region. While cable systems will work to ensure that their customers are ready for the transition, education of all Americans remains critical. Most likely, at that time, the cable companies will go to digital only. Before that happens, you will need to buy a digital TV set or acquire a digital converter box directly from the company.
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