Will I have to buy a converter box to view channels with my analog TV?

I thought this was a great question because I have an older analog TV as well. (That makes me feel like I’m getting old when a TV I bought a few years back is so ancient, no one wants to use its form of broadcast anymore!)

Alright, so I don't want to have to worry about making the digital switch any more than I need to so here's the answer. The government will NOT require cable companies (like Comcast, for example) to change all of their analog TV systems to digital. If you are a cable customer, you will still be able to get your regular channels through your analog TV as long as you are, in fact, a subscriber to cable or some form of digital television. 

The thing is, the cable company must still offer analog TV channels but why?

By FCC Laws and regulations, cable companies are required to offer channels to analog customers, as long as they (the cable company) are continuing to offer analog service. This requirement will have to stay in effect until at least February 17, 2012. That leaves a three year window for cable companies to make a change and no longer offer analog signals at all or they may choose to continue to do so. 

Simply put, either the cable companies will have converted the signal for you, or they will have given you a cable box or some satellite receiver that will convert from digital.