If you are a cable subscriber, then it will still work... mostly.  The changeover affects over-the-air broadcasts.  With my digital cable service, the cable company still also sends the first 80 or so channels in analog and they work with a standard TV and no cable box.  So the Slingbox tuner also works in this scenario.  As a test, connect your cable directly to your TV without your cable box or PVR.  The channels your TV picks up is also the channels a Slingbox Tuner will pick up.

ostate said: In 2009 when the government changes the over the air channels, basically with the good ole fashioned rabbit ears, you will need a digital tuner on your tv to get your rabbit ears to work. However, the cable companies are required to contiune to carry an analog signal for their cable customers until 2012.  So here is what you will need in 2012 if you have a Slingbox Tuner, in order to use it the same way they as you  would now.  Cable from the wall, into a digital down-converter box, into the Slingbox Tuner.  Since the Slingbox Tuner has an NTSC (analog) tuner and not an ATSC (digital) you will need to down convert. Right now the government is allowing everyone apply for Digital Converter box coupons.  They are providing people with $40 coupons (limit 2 per address) in order to purchase the new boxes, which come out next month (Feb 18 to be exact).  The boxes will run about $60 visit https://www.dtv2009.gov/   to apply for a coupon 

Cable companies are only required to carry local broadcast stations in analog until 2012.  Some cable companies (like ones in New York) have already moved almost all channels to digital and removed the analog versions of those channels.  So the closer you get to 2012, the less analog channels you are going to receive. 

Getting into the fine print, are cable companies required to keep locals analog until 2012 or are they required to move them by 2012. 

Will  the proactive ones have everything but their locals converted to digital ahead of time so all that will be available on analog will be the locals?

Or can they move everything and have nothing on analog soon?

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