And all that means is, TV stations across the nation will cease to broadcast in analog. And all that means is, you’ll either have to have a TV that can receive digital signals, a converter box to translate the digital signals into analog signals for your old TV, or you’ll have to have cable, which is already transmitting in digital, and converting to analog if your old TV needs it.

Now, just so you know, not every station across these glorious United States of America is making the switch, according to the Washington Post, but as far as I know the change is happening around here.

So what does that mean for my poor VCR, anyway? I wondered aloud last night, but received no viable answer. Of course, I didn’t ask the Internet. Turning to my prized informational resource, currently known as the System, gave me information on how to jerry-rig the VCR so that it still records analog signals. That’s all fine and dandy, now, but now I’ll need two DTV converter boxes.

Also, I don’t really need to worry about this because it’s my parents who have the VCR, not me. If I ever get a VCR it will only be to see exactly what the lone piece of VHS-porn I have really is.

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ETA: Actually, a better article to read about the DTV transition date can be found at Engadget. Go there and read about it. Much better than boring old every-day ho hum newspaper news.