All TV programs must be broadcast in HDTV by 2009, right?
This is not a requirement. There is a Federally mandated requirement that all TV stations be broadcasting digital television by the end of 2003. Many stations have applied for hardship waivers and other such requests for additional time to make this transition. There is no requirement that this programming be High Definition (or any other format for that matter). Some stations are using their digital transmitter to simulcast as many as 5 standard definition channels. There is a Federally mandated requirement that all TV stations switch off their analog transmitter in 2009. This will only affect TVs which receive all of their programming over-the-air from ‘rabbit ears’. The solution will be a $40 converter box or to simply attach those TVs to any cable (analog or digital) or satellite source.
