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There are so many variations on what they've actually let go publically. Congress is shooting for one thing, the House of Reps another. It's all about the government wanting back the analog bandwidth that's been used for OTA (over the air) transmission of local channels all these past years. It really started with that with High Definition being an "extra" when they were talking about going digital. The main thing to remember is this...people that use satellite receivers or cable boxes are safe for many years. The main people that will have to worry are those that watch TV with ONLY an outdoor antenna and are receiving the NTSC (analog) broadcast. Once they "flip the switch" and go to ATSC only, then they will either have to get a new TV to take advantage of the better picture quality OR they will have to get an ATSC decoder box that down converts the digital signal to analog for those people. Who knows. They've been working on this for over 10 years now and the dates have constantly changed. The news is just now starting to cover it more. Seems like they would do more of it because it affects the local stations because of the millions they have to spend on tower upgrades for digital. And it goes on and on and on. Kind of like a legal soap opera. haha