Interesting article. I knew this was coming in the not so far away future and was wondering what people were going to do. Maybe that is why this TV decided it has finally outlived it's day and went bonkers on me.

I am going to go with the HDTV flat TV so it will be easier for me to handle alone, just waiting to see what this shoulder of mine is going to cost me and when I can go back to work before I get it. I have Mama's little portable to watch until then.

I am surprised to read the government is going to pass out vouchers for those who can't afford to buy the converters but glad to see they are. So many can not afford unexpected things like that and TV's are a very important thing to have with this wacky weather everybody has been having everywhere.

Freedom... This old TV is so big and heavy that that is the problem. I will have to have someone else, probably 2 people take this thing out to where ever I need it to go. I'd put it on freecycle for someone who is repair savay but they advise not letting anyone know where you live and it is to big to fit in my car to take anywhere...