Learn more about the digital television transition
Consumers can get answers to questions about next year’s digital television transition and sign up for a $40 coupon for a converter box at the Baltimore State Office Center tomorrow evening.
The state’s Department of General Services will host experts from the FCC, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the National Association of Broadcasters to speak about the change from analog broadcast signals to digital. There will also be technicians available to demonstrate how to use the boxes.
As we've told you before ...
the change goes into effect Feb. 17, 2009 and affects anyone who uses set-top or rooftop antennae to pick up television signals --- not people who subscribe to cable. After that date, if you don't have a television with a built-in digital tuner or a converter box to translate the new signal, your screen will go dark.
The event is open to the public from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow, at the state office center, 201 West Preston Street, Baltimore.
