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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
BTW, how much longer will we VKers (and anyone else) using converter boxes with older TVs be able to use these boxes? I ask because many cable systems are converting to 100 percent digital, and reception of local broadcast channels on many if not most systems will require the use of the cable operator's own cable boxes after a certain date.
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The digital set-top tuners should be usable for decades, until either ATSC is replaced by another over-the-air standard (probably sooner than NTSC and its B&W predecessor were), or over-the-air itself goes away (which I have heard is possible, as awful as it sounds).
Whether cable systems become all-digital or not is a separate issue from the ATSC tuners, because they are not usable on cable anyway.