Ok, so how crazy is this, back in 2006, congress passed a law saying it was mandating a change for all TV's to change from analog to digital. Basically, there were a lot of issues with the whole sound and clear visibility of analog TV, so congress figured we spend enough time watching TV (an average of 5 1/2 hours a day!!  per American).  All in all, digital transmission makes much more efficient use of the broadcast spectrum- basically offering more channels and a clearer and sharper sound and picture.

Simply put, they'll be auctioned off for public safety channels, some for use as communication tools for police and fire departments, wireless companies may use them to further their communication power, you name it, but if you don't have the converter box or Direct TV, Dish Network, Comcast, or just some form of cable, you won't be seeing a thing.

Really, that answer is not yet totally clear. Most people are speculating that the picture will be "murky" or unclear, and others simply just don't know. One thing is for sure however, if you have the converter box or some form of digital TV programming (through cable channels, or a satellite signal) you'll be good to go.

I guess the biggest thing to take from all of this is that come a few months from now, everyone is going to realize if they have analog TV, they could be waiting a really long time to get a signal if they don't do something about this now. Why? Well, when you have over 80 million TVs without a digital signal and all of them come February 2009 can't see anything on their TVs, lets just say the cable companies and satellite providers (Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network) are all going to be pretty busy.