Citing Monday's announcement that funds have dried up for government vouchers toward digital TV converter boxes, the nonprofit publisher of
Consumer Reports is urging Congress, President Bush, and President-elect Barack Obama to delay the mandated national switch to digital TV.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which administers the voucher program,
announced Monday that it has used up the $1.34 billion set aside by Congress to distribute vouchers. TV owners who request vouchers will, from now on, be placed on a waiting list; NTIA will send out new vouchers as funds unused ones expire.
Analog TV signals will cease Feb. 17. Without converter boxes, TVs that use antennae will no longer receive signals.
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