Yep, Just some things I don't understand, how can the FCC demand that TV sets have digital tuners. Consumers should have a choice. Since the TV is a receiver, and does not broadcast I don't see how they can force people to buy the equipment. How is this Constitutional?
Well you don't have to put a box on your TV. You just won't receive the broadcast anymore because the govt. will have closed down the channels you can now receive and will have sold them for other uses -- such as phones, braodband internet, etc. I don't think the Constitution has anything to do with it.
However, I think that they are sensitive to questions such as yours, and that is why they are talking about subsidizing the switch.