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June 19, 2008

 

 

 

Factoid

 

Rabbit Ears Bite the Dust

 

http://www.dcvb-nc.com/comm/enews/Vol7Issue19/tv.jpgOn February, 17, 2009, all full power TV stations will transition to digital television and cease broadcasting analog programming. If you don’t have a digital TV and still rely on rabbit ears or an antenna, then you’ll need a digital-to-analog converter box. 

 

 

Here are some interesting facts:

 

$273 million

Estimated sales for analog televisions in 2007,
down from $5.8 billion in 2003.

 

$26.3 billion

Estimated sales for digital TV sets and displays
in 2007, up from $8.7 billion in 2003.

 

 

 

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