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By now all of the TV stations are supposed to have their digital transmitters on the air...however some have applied for extensions on the construction permit so not all of the digital transmitters are up yet.
I work at a radio station that was formerly co-owned with a public television station, which was sold. When the TV station was still here, we had a digital set in the reception lobby. The programming that was in HD WAS a lot more life-like, better resolution that standard TV. However not all of the programming transmitted by digital TV stations is HD. The regular definition digital stuff looks worse to me than standard TV. The resolution is better on a still image but when there is motion it looks like it is made up of blocks, sort of like some types of video coming off the internet.
Also I think that the 85% refered to the portion of the market able to RECEIVE digital TV, that when that amount of people had the receivers then the analog signal would shut down. In less affluent rural markets I see this taking a LONG time. I have not seen any cheap or portable digital sets, and certainly not everyone can afford the high-end digital sets which are the only ones made now.
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