I hate to break it to everyone, but I heard on the evening news that the Senate just approved a bill that will delay the digital transition another four months. That means that, assuming the House of Representatives approves the bill as well and Obama signs it into law, those of you who don't have cable, satellite, or a television with a digitial tuner like a LCD HDTV will still be able to watch your analog televisions on February 18, the day the transition was originally supposed to occur. Unfortunately, that also means that we get four more months of those annoying "the transition is coming" commercials. Right now those commercials top the list of my must-flip-through commercials.I wonder if the delay further means that I might actually get my discount coupon now? I have cable, but I was curious to see how many local channels I could pick up with the digital boxes. If I could pick up enough of them, I thought that I could save money by cutting off my cable, watching local channels with the box and an antenna, and watching everything else online. Just about every show that I watch reruns for free on the network's web site. The few that don't can be bought on iTunes or found somewhere online. Consequently, I applied for one of the government's discount coupons at the beginning of the year. Although the site told me that I qualified for one, it also said that they couldn't send me one because the government had run out. Surely, four months is enough time for the government to run to the nearest Office Depot, buy a couple of packs of paper and a new print cartridge, and print out another set of coupons, don't you think?
