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My point is everybody who does use over the air (analog) will lose their TV. I am fully aware that if a person has cable etc..they will see no change infact at the cutoff most cable systems may very well still have analog. Where I work we have both 100% digital and the same old analog cable with 70 some channels for customers that go cable direct. I do think in most cases digital service does provide a better signal. I do think it's funny to hear sories about people who think they are watching HDTV because they have a new set and they are just using the NTSC tuner cable direct.
Mast cable systems do not use 8VSB for digital they use either 64 or 256 QAM. I just don't see people who don't understand how it works putting up with the added trouble to make over the air digital work on their new set or dealing with a converter for their old NTSC set. Again if they currently don't use an antenna now they should see no change when the cut off happens.
That is why I feel this will be the start of the end of free over the air TV (broadcasting).
It's a whole different story about what we teach today in school I wish more people knew more about what is going on with let's say their cars then just where to put the gas. At the very least they would not be ripped off when they has service work done.
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