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Curiosities: HDTV all the time will affect TV watchers

Q: What’s going to happen when all the TV stations go to HDTV?

A: By Feb. 17, 2009, all over-the-air TV broadcasters will be required by federal law to convert their current analog signals to digital high definition television, says Barry Orton, a UW-Madison consumer science professor and expert on the telecommunications industry.