Many of the television stations have been broadcasting in digital for some time now, so this will be a very easy transition for them. But for the consumer it may not be. That is why there is so much focus on getting converter boxes to all the people.
I believe they are already broadcasting in digital High Definition. If they were already broadcasting in digital, we wouldn't be able to see them without the converter if we didn't have cable, dish, satellite.
I think we would because they are also broadcasting in analog but this is so few channels doing this and that is why so many people have cable. But digital is not always better.
Many Television Stations are already using
Linear Mode
