February 2009?

Question

Since I have a really old TV, and I wanted satellite TV for it, the Dish people came and hooked up this gray cable that looks like a cable for an antenna that plugs into the wall. Will that not work in February 2009?

Answer 1

Cable and satellite companies are required to keep standard definition signals for another few years. . . I'm thinking it's 2012, but don't quote me on that.  I'd expect that most will keep it as an option beyond that, too.

Did the "dish people" get you a tuner box that's HD-capable or not?  If you have no idea, find the tuner box, look for a model number, and call whoever hooked everything up.  If you have a HD-capable box (which doesn't mean you necessarily have to have any HD programming), then it'll be good for the foreseeable future.  If not, then you might be getting a new one sometime before they quit carrying SD signals completely a few years down the road.