~> -=> Earl Croasmun wrote to Richard Webb <=-
 
~>  -> OF course they have, and  all one needs do is look at the
~>  -> history.  But, we eschew terrestrial broadcasting for the
~>  -> cable, and willingly give them this kill switch.  I'd be
~>  -> willing to bet there are homes where they don't have
~>  -> anything for reception of terrestrial radio or television
~>  -> broadcasts.
 
~>  EC> And if they were to dig out the rabbit ears that probably came with
~>  EC> their TVs years ago, they would find them useless now that TV has 
~>  EC> gone digital.
 
~> Not so. The "rabbit ears" won't work very well because they
are a form of
~> simple dipole antenna designed for VHF frequencies. However the
"bullseye"
~> antenna or the wire circle antenna supplied with many NTSC tuner TV sets 
~> will receive the now mandated ATSC (digital) signals just fine. 

True, if they have one, but the stumbling block is the tuner.  Any antenna
attached to an analog tuner will not get digital.  The original switch-over
to digital broadcasts was supposed to come when most consumers HAD
digital-ready sets.  It kept getting pushed off, because people weren't
buying them.  The rebate for add-on converters was supposed to take care of
that, but I have never seen any research on the effectiveness of that idea.
 
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