Standing vigil for analog TV

Run for the hills, Feb. 17, 2009, is the day of the apocalypse. This is the day that will affect almost every American household, as it's the drop-dead date for analog television to go the way of the dodo bird. This threat has been hanging over the broadcast industry for about 10 years now and has been pushed back in the past, but this time President Bush officially signed legislation calling for this "hard date" for the official cutoff.

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