Your Grandmother Is Going To Miss Matlock Today

Though many television stations have done it already, today is the day when all remaining stations will make the switch to digital signals.  You know, it’s that thing you’ve been seeing messages for scrolling across the bottom of your screen for the past year or so.  But if you’re like most Americans, you were already prepared for the transition to digital television (DTV) without ever lifting a finger.  Still, just so we’re clear…

Analog is going the way of the Dodo.  To continue watching television after today, you need to have a TV that is not using rabbit ears, makes use of a digital converter box, or is hooked up to a cable box (which will have its own converter).  If you’re Rip Van Winkle and just woke up, you may not have been privy to the nauseatingly extensive advertising that’s been done to make sure you’re educated on the subject.  For people like yourself, you can play catch up at DTVAnswers.com, where you’ll be spoon fed instructions on how to identify if you need to do anything and what it is that would need to be done.  Of course, you could also just turn on your TV and see if you’re able to view anything.  If you get static, that’ll likely be your big clue.

And if you live up in the mountains far away from civilization, then you have my sympathies, as you’re probably both literally and figuratively up a creek.