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Published on: 2/14/2008
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(Mike Wilson, Comcast)"So I think what's important here is we're talking about it now, people are asking questions now and if there is an issue do I have an analog set do I have a digital set that question needs to be asked now"
How do you know if you have an analog or digital television set?Mike Wilson with Comcast says a good rule of thumb is pre 1998 sets have a good chance of having an analog tuner.
(Wilson)"The best bet is to look at the back of the set, find out, it should be stamped back there when the set was manufactured and look for some type of wordage that refers to digital."
And why is the old signal going away in the first place?This begins more than a decade ago--in the spring of 1997 when the Federal Communication Commission announced television would convert to an all-digital signal by the year 2006.
(Wilson)"Once it's returned to the FCC, the FCC plans to provide that to first responders.
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(Wilson)"If a viewer receives their television signal off the air, through an antenna through the roof or on top of their set, then these are the folks that probably need to take a look at this and see will it effect them or will it not."