When these HDTV (closeing down of real tv) deadlines began being circulated, it really chapped my bee-hind! When I have the time to sit in front of the tube (no plasma or lcd for me or my Dell) there still are a few shows out there I like to watch (beleive it or not) from the networks. I gave up cable years ago due to cost and signal quality in my area (the locals come in great around here from Va. Beach to the far reaches of the tidewater boonies). I've been through the direct tv and echostar phase. A friend of mine has a massive pioneer set with an atsc tuner. Its really nice and he's "proud as a peacock" over it. I won't tell him though that to me prime time in HD just would not justify the investment. Right now I'm hoarding VCR's & DVD's to ensure somewhat of a continued signal source for my vintage behemoth's (My latest one is a mid 60's vintage Curtis-Mathes CTC-15 clone with radio and phono that takes up 6' of wall space!). But on the brighter(HDTV) side I did score a deal on 46" wide screen
Now if I could just score a deal on that atsc tuner.........................