If you're still using a TV set equipped with rabbit ears after February 17, you will not have anything to watch. That's because Congress mandated that by that date, all over the air TV stations must have converted to a digital signal in order to free up all that space on the bandwidth dial for other purposes.However, even though the government and cable companies have been running commercials informing consumers of the changeover and that they will no longer be able to access a TV signal unless they get cable TV or buy (or receive a voucher for) a converter box that will allow them to access TV signals, it appears that literally millions of Americans are resisting.This has caused the incoming Obama administration along with the Consumers Union to look for some slippage in that February 17 date from Congress in order to prevent a dislocation of enormous proportions:In a letter to Rep. Markey, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce...(Read Full Post)