TV with an analogue tuner. Switch your TV's channel to three and then hit the set-up menu. Within moments you will begin to be able to see several digital channels.
In most cases, a television station's primary channel will be their old dial position with a "point-one" tacked on. For instance KIMT-TV's digital channel on a converter box or a digital TV is 3.1. If you go to 3.2 right now you will get KIMT's color radar. When the digital transition takes place, KIMT will have a third channel with MY TV Network programming.
Cable and satellite customers who don't want to buy a new TV with a digital tuner in it will still be served, because their providers will convert the signal into an analogue version their TV's can still receive.
But those customers who want to check out the new standard digital and high definition TV channels now, instead of waiting for their providers to make them available, can do so.
You can use a two way switch (available at Walmart, Best Buy, Radio Shack or other electronics stores) to do it. Here's a simple set-up:
Connect an antenna cord to a converter box. Then run a cable from the output of that box to the the input on the two way switch. Then hook your cable or satellite connecting cord to the the other input on the two way switch. Then run a cable from the output of the two way switch and hook it up to your TV. You can now use the two way switch to flip back and forth between digital and cable/satellite channels.
The Federal Government is offering 2 $40 coupons to each household that is not connected to cable or satellite. One of them will nearly cover the cost to buy a converter box. It will get you KIMT-TV in hdtv right now, let you see what other channels are out there that you could be receiving and get you into the digital age.
Here are some helpful web links:
The Digital TV Transition
