Well, let's see: - We don't yet know when all LPTV stations will go digital, and they are generally not carried on cable or satellite. - We also don't yet know when all translators will go digital. - According to NCTA, in September there were 73 million U.S. cable households, and only 27.6 million of them were digital. Certainly the digital portion is growing, but I suspect there will still be millions of TVs connected directly to analog cable on February 18, 2009. - I suspect there will also be millions of VCRs and DVD players -- and maybe even some video games -- in use on February 18, 2009 with NTSC outputs. TTFN, Mark John Golitsis wrote: >Agreed. The majority of analog channels are available on digital, >and once you're 'seduced' by the quality of digital, you aren't going >to want to watch an analog channel anyway. 3 years ago it might have >been different, but not today. > >On 31-Jan-06, at 6:38 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote: > > > >>Why include an NTSC receiver, especially in the boxes that the >>government is going to subsidize? The set to which the box is >>attached most likely has one anyway, and there will be no need for >>the NTSC tuner when the transmitters are turned off. >> >> > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >FreeLists.org > >- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.