We get so many stations, but nothing fit to watch. Reality shows that have nothing to do with reality, and who cares about people that raise 19 kids. These programs that sell everything inthe world (which do not work). Wife swapping is really a good example for our children, as are all the nudity and blood and guts in most movies and don't forget the re-runs of the re-runs. I too have often turned off my t.v. because there is nothing interesting to watch.

I would like to see a business channel like CNBC on a sub-channel. Better yet, why doesn't NBC put CNBC and MSNBC on it's sub-channels? I suppose they could. But as long as people pay for TV, there will never be an incentive to do that.

We have existing antennas on the roof (both UHF and VHF) here in Poughkeepsie, NY (70 miles north of Manhattan) that have served us for more than 25 years. Generally, the DTV transition turned out to be a net loss (we received more analog stations in pre-transition era). I did re-scan after June 12th. I did check if I have both VHF and UHF antennas (we have both on the roof connected to a preamp). I did check if all my antenna wiring and connectors are on securely and connected properly. In the New York Market, we lost WNET, WPIX, WABC, WCBS, WNBC, WPXN, WNYE and gained WFUT. We still get WNYW and WWOR (though WNYW's sub channel). This is very disappointing. I was expecting that the VHF antenna would have pulled in WABC, WPIX and WNET when they returned to VHF. Replacing the TV antennas on the roof is troublesome and (if we hired a professional installer to replace them) expensive.

This is why I got the converter box to begin with. I got tired of paying high cable bills so I could watch one damned infomercial after another, with maybe 3 decent shows of original programming, again crammed with commercials.

I turned my set off last night and gave up on tv. I had a digital box but couldn't get it to work with my atenna, bought a new smart antenna it didn't want to work either( I live in rural mountains)so my housemates and I were like "So long free tv!" and vowed to watch dvds and tv on the internet. In a big "d'oh" moment this morning, found out my house mate's 2004 box tv had a digital tuner installed! So I paid for a box converter I didn't need( that still doesn't work right)! With all the info out there it made me think my tv was too old- how many people bought something they didn't need? Well I now get 3 channels instead of one so that's cool.

Our local ABC station is running their news program on a loop 24 hours a day on a sub-channel, so if I feel like watching the local news I don't have to be around at 6pm. I'd love it if the networks allowed their affiliates to rebroadcast primetime programming at alternate hours/days on a sub-channel. It would certainly help smaller shows attract more viewers, as well as encourage more tv viewership in general.

This really angers me that as soon as the switch occurs I finally get the CW digital channel, they cancel Reaper.

The Local Raleigh/Durham local channels were blank on DirecTV for about 40 minutes after the analog shut off at 12:55PM. They are now back on the air.

Hey at least you have some content on your set to watch. I live in NYC and my _____ of a landlord won't let me put an antenna on the roof. So I'm stuck with a set-top antenna. I installed the digital box a week ago, and lost 75% of the normal television channels. But the channel which broadcasts pictures of various highways and Manhattan streets comes in perfectly--of course. And I'm sure I can't be the only one this is going to happen to. What are advertisers and the broadcast channels going to do when they find out that they've lost a significant portion of their viewing audience NOT because they're lazy and didn't prepare for the changeover to digital, but that the digital technology simply doesn't work in some cases!

And they wonder why people are illegally downloading shows from the web!

Our NBC here in Columbus has a retro channel now and CBS is adding something but I don't know what yet, they haven't turned it on. FOX here turned off their analog signal back in February.