Here's the latest on dtv, I'm waiting for the local on-air
stations to give away boxes. It happened back in the UHF
days. You'll just be SOL with your battery/portable sets.
The gument set aside 1 1/2 BILLION for education/converters,
but that's only 1 percent of the annual BUSH WAR cost ;-)

http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html

-larry / dallas