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Just this past Wedenesday, Congress approved an extension to the digital TV transition program. That would mean that all analog signals coming from stations would have to get cut off by law. It is believed that Congress had delayed the digital transition because the government still needs to raise enough money to give out coupons to those who wish to purchase converter boxes. Also, they feel like they need more time to alert the American people about the digital transition, especially through the local channels that still broadcast in an analog signal. Lawmakers and corporations are opposed to the delay because it won't make a difference for people. There always will be someone who will not be aware of the digital transition and their TV won't work anymore. The only people that need to change their equipment for the transition are those will old TVs using antenna signals. It is difficult, only because converter boxes aren't cheap and the government has run out of money to print out coupons for these people. Digital TV has better picture, better sound, and more channels. The picture is a lot sharper and more colorful, even on older CRT television sets. The sound is pretty nice too, especially if you have home theater speakers. An optical audio cable can be hooked up from certain converter boxes and the sound is crystal clear. And to really benefit, HDMI is good too. HDMI has the best video and audio signal in one cable, and most converter boxes have an HDMI port on them. Digital signals also take up less bandwidth than analog, which means that broadcasters can put out more channels to people. Whenever you want to record a show, you can record it on a DVR since it's digital. A DVR is a hard drive, and hard drives store data. When you want to record shows, you can record multiple shows at once whitout having several VCRs going at the same time.