FCC & HDTV: Uh-Oh

Up until this point, we have all been told that the switch from analog to digital TV will be a smooth one. If you have an analog TV (like the Baroness and I do), you need a converter or a digital cable box and you should be fine.

Not so, says a new study. Apparently, some of the FCC's calculations on how the digital signal will travel may have been a bit generous. This new study says that nearly 10% of viewers without HDTV could have problems picking up the signal in some large markets. You have to wonder if this is just a ploy to sell more HDTVs. If it's not, and I work at the FCC, it's going to be a bad Monday morning.