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Originally Posted by jwkniska
within the next 2 yrs, they HAVE to switch to HD broadcasts, as it's mandatory that all stations broadcast in HD by sometime in 2009.
the largest expense will be buying all new video cameras (the ones that they currently use will have to be upgraded to the new HD cameras).
Look at it this way.... they either do this, or they cannot broadcast anywhere in the near future.
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the mandatory switch is to DIGITAL broadcast, not HD.
The FCC currently has a February 17, 2009, deadline for the transition to all digital broadcasting. On this date, all analog broadcasting will stop, and consumers will need to buy converter boxes to receive programming on their older TVs. This deadline has been pushed back several times in the last few years because of both broadcasters' and consumers' inability to meet the FCC's criteria for a successful transition to digital broadcasting. TV stations must have the equipment to send digital broadcasts, and consumers must have the TVs to receive them