February 17th was supposed to be the day when you would need one of these to keep watching over
the air television using an antenna, a converter box to get digital signals after stations dropped
analog. But the switch to digital is going to take more time. It looks like congress is setting a
new date June 12th.
Blame consumer confusion over what is needed to keep watching TV. (소비자의 말)"I bought that
converter because they told us that's all we needed. It turns out it's not so simple. A government
program helping consumers cover the cost of converter boxes went broke. Here, it takes a coupon to
get a box, but there is now a waiting list.
"If you are using an antenna for your TV reception with an analog TV, you are the people that really
need to take actions to make sure they are prepared." People with sets connected to cable or
satellite should keep seeing a picture, no box necessary. One estimate said almost 7 million people
could see their sets go dark next month if something was not done to pull the plug on the digital
switch.
Lee Powell, The Associated Press
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* converter : 변환장치
* station: 방송국
* drop : 중단하다
* switch : 변환, 전환하다
* go broke : 파산하다, 실패하다
* reception : 〈TV·라디오〉 수상, 수신(율); 수신[수상]력
* pull the plug on : ① ~을 중단하다, 끊다 ②[식물 인간 등]의 생명 유지 장치를 제거하다
③ ~을 파괴[일소]하다 ④ ~의 비밀을 폭로하다
