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August 21, 8:38 PM

by Brenda Carl, Baltimore Media Examiner

 

 

Come to the fair, and learn about the big switch to Digital TV!

Only six months until the digital television  transition takes place, and for thousands of you reading this right now, your TV set  will no longer be able to receive  the signal coming from the television stations.  Analog tv (think : "antenna") will stop broadcasting as Digital tv (think : "data" transmission) takes over. 

Over 12 percent of Maryland residents who rely on over-the air television signals (no cable box, no pay TV)  will have their TV sets go black on February 17, 2009, unless they upgrade their systems either by getting a converter box,  or, by switching to a pay service such as cable, or Direct TV. 

To learn more about this switch from analog to digital television, tune in to this GIANT big screen TV-on-wheels thats rolling into the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium this weekend.  

It's a 20 foot screen, covering 95,000 mles across the nation, informing consumers about the big switch coming in February.  A recent survey showed that people living in the Baltimore-Washington area, for some reason, are not as informed as they could, or should be, about the change-over. 

Learn more about the future of television at  www.dtvanswers.com 

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