on/june 12

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Putting the digital TV transition in sharper focus

In case you missed the endless news stories, commercials, on-air tests and informational "crawls" across the bottom of the screen over the past two years -- or were simply anesthetized by the onslaught -- Friday is the day that country switches to all-digital broadcast television. That means that older TVs, the kind with "rabbit ear" antennas or things on the roof of homes, will not work.