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The digital TV transition deadline of Feb. 17 could be a moving target. In a letter to Congressional leaders, Consumers Union suggested the deadline be moved “to minimize the number of consumers who will lose TV signals.”
Never a smooth process, the DTV changeover of late has hit a new snag.
On Jan. 5, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which runs the converter-box coupon program, ran out of funding. Since then, the NTIA has been forced to put more than 100,000 consumers on waiting lists for the coupons.
Without converter boxes, analog TVs will no longer be able to receive over-the-air signals once the digital transition takes place.
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