Do conisder, however: the moving force behind the conversion from analog to digital is that the US Gov't wants to auction off the old analog frequencies, and replace them with digital frequencies, which requires much less bandwidth. Those old analog radio frequencies are worth a fortune.
There's no reason why that fortune gained by auctioning off the old analog airwaves cannot be used to defray the costs of conversion to digital. If the gov't is going to make money by this, it should be returned to the citizens.
Do conisder, however: the moving force behind the conversion from analog to digital is that the US Gov't wants to auction off the old analog frequencies, and replace them with digital frequencies, which requires much less bandwidth. Those old analog radio frequencies are worth a fortune. Let us also consider that the new technology will also make each reciever 'addressable' which means no more anonomynity.
Kinda' like todays cell phones and your car.
Big brother is only twenty years late, but he's here.