http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480255,00.html?sPage=fnc/scitech/personaltechnology

Going digital or having a digital TV is the next big thing since the all the TV’s went to color. In the state of Hawaii, are the first that I know that had switch to digital television broadcast. They made the switch on last Thursday, January 15. In the article from fox news.com, it is said that many of the residents call their special TV help call centers and the amount of call was coming in around about 100 calls an hour with questions. I definitely predict that there will be a great amount of people like the elderly or the people that wait until the last minute that are going to have TV’s that will not work anymore, because they were unable to get converter boxes.

It is also said that President-elect Barack Obama transition team had ask congress for a delay of the digital broadcast that would postpone the transition until June 12, 2009. If that means more commercial ads about going digital, then I not in favor of postponing the transition. I definitely tired of seeing the commercial ads on TV. Everyone now is trying to get the message across from Oprah to Bob the former Price is Right guy. If congress passes the bill for delaying the digital broadcast until June 12, then I think that is good amount of time for everyone who does not have the necessities for the switch to be able to go and buy what they need for the transition. Maybe by June 12 the economy will be a little better for all us in the United States.

My questions are what is the real significance of going digital? What is wrong of with we as a people have now for television broadcast? What will they come up with next once digital TV is old, will there be another change?