Since I got a DVR from my cable company and use a DVD for all recorded stuff, my TV set is really nothing more than a monitor now. I won't ever buy another TV set...just a monitor.
That seems to be where things are going, anyhow. I haven't received a TV signal over the air for years. My suspicion is that all over-the-air broadcasting of TV will end within 20 years, anyhow.
That's not necessarily a good thing, since local news is going to be hard to pay for under those conditions, but something will get figured out, I have no doubt.
Again, its one thing when technology obsoletes.. its another when its forced to halt by government fiat.