For well over a year, broadcasters, media outlets, electronics manufacturers, consumer advocates, and the government have been pounding the U.S. public over the year with the announcement that February 17, 2009, would be the day analog television broadcasts switch off in the United States. After that date, consumers who rely on over-the-air broadcast television had better have a TV with a digital tuner or obtain a digital TV converter box, or their television will show nothing but snow, 24 hours a day.
