Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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In reading the messages above I noticed one that said that they were only 25 miles from the bradcasting stations and didn't receive a quality Digital service. I live 40 to 50 miles from the bradcsters and live in the country where there is no cable TV. Does that mean the the only TV I will be able to watch is Satelite TV which doesn't include local bradcasting so I will not hear the news, see Public TV, be able to watch the weather or severe weather reports etc. Currently I am one of the many that hasn't invested in a digital TV becasue my current tv's, VCR's etc. are still working fine. When the TV was invented there was considerable time and effort invested to give the analog aspect ratio that was used for years to give the best picture for viewing. Now they are making the aspect ratio to match the wide screen of movies which makes a very wide small picture that requires a much larger much more expensive TV to give the same quality picture. I realize that the politicians like to give the masses what they want but they are always forgetting about the Rural constituents who are the backbone of the country. Without us rural folks who provide much of the work that is performed in this country including producing most of the food that everyone likes to be able to eat, this country could not survive, however since we represent such a small percentage of the population we consistantly are ignored. I would like to think that if they are converting from Analog to Digital that I can get a quality TV signal at 50 to 60 miles from the TV station like we can now with an antenna on analog. If the digital upgrate doesn't give us that then the Digital change isn't an upgrade it is a downgrade.