The digital transition rocky for one retiree

 
By Jim Stafford
Published: July 26, 2008

Armed with a converter box he bought at a local Walmart store, Marlow resident Phil Apple has begun his own personal transition from analog to digital television viewing.

But the dawn of the digital era for Apple has been filled with what he claims are glitches created by unreliable technology and low standards set by the government for converter box manufacturers.

The actual conversion date when the nation'...


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