House Kills Delay for Digital TV Transition 2009

We're holding our collective horsies on the proposed delay for the Feb. 2009 digital television transition. It was reported a couple of days ago that the bill introduced into Congress to delay the transition until June 2009 would move through relatively smoothly, or so previously thought. Now, according to the AP and multiple news sources, the bill was killed by GOP members in the House of Representatives.

For those of you still teetering on upgrading from analog, the option to upgrade to digital cable or satellite TV may be better ad more affordable in the long run, especially as coupons for digital TV converter boxes won't arrive to many households before the deadline.

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