[RJMiranda]

We started having digital TV maybe one year ago. At first, several hundreds set-top boxes were given for free in Havana, in order to check the propagation. I got one of these. It has only RCA outputs, so very soon will be hard to find a TV set with the appropriate inputs.
After several months of trials, and one change of codecs (one had to put the decoder in the self-programming mode so it could find again the channel/codec combination), the sale of the set-top boxes started. There are several models, all Chinese-made. Some can record from the air in a USB device, a pair of them have added HDMI output, and at least one is HDTV-ready. It is the most expensive, of course.
I plan on buying one of these soon, to be able to watch the (few) HDTV tests in HD. It will not be a new program, but some HD material that is simulcast in SD on one of the other eight channels.
Currently, five TV channels are being broadcast in Cuba. They are the "traditional" Cubavisión (general programming) and Tele Rebelde (mainly sports). Around 2001 started another two (educational programming, but one of them is part-time for the children, nd in the afternoons relays Venezuelan TeleSur). And maybe in 2009 we got Multivisión, with canned programming, mainly foreign.
Every provincial capital has its own TV center, but most broadcast only about 1-2 hours daily, using the Tele-Rebelde frequency. Canal Habana is the most active, followed by Santiago de Cuba´s TV center. Of course, they are seen only within the province´s limits.
With the digital decoders, we have three extra programmes: one full-time Telesur, Cubavisión Internacional (programming for the Cuban satellite channel, formerly not locally available) and a full-time musical channel. And the "HD Test" channel.
But with the exception of the HD tests, all the programming is SD (NTSC). Many Cubans have at home modern HDTV-ready TV sets, bot there is still a majority with only older CRT sets, even a few surviving Soviet-made ones.
And I wouldn´t be surprised to know some die-hard has still a working American pre-1960 set. But in technical terms he would be a national hero, because here you can´t go into a store and buy a NOS tube or flyback.