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Switch to digital signals puts new analog TVs in lame-duck status.(The Dallas Morning News)
The big-screen television you've been eyeing may be rendered obsolete in a few years if it isn't capable of displaying the new digital TV standards.
"Consumers should be aware that their TV may only have a four- or five-year life," says David Goldstein, president of Channel Marketing Corp., a market research firm in Dallas. "That's a pretty long time for some people, but half of America still expects to be able to buy a TV and sit in front of it until it breaks."
The first major change in more than 50 years to the nation's broadcasting standard is under way. In 1996, the government mandated a switch to digital television that would usher in an age of crystal-clear high-definition pictures, as well as a range of interactive services.
The law came with a timetable. Broadcasters were supposed to complete the transition within a decade.
Many experts have expected the schedule to simply slip. Few ...
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