BBB warns of scams on digital TV switch

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• The Better Business Bureau of Chicago & Northern Illinois is warning consumers to be on the watch for HDTV scam artists as consumers prepare for television stations' switchover from analog to digital signals.
• Television stations will begin broadcasting a digital TV signal Feb. 17, 2009.
• Viewers will need a digital television or a converter box to receive that signal.
• There is a difference between a high-definition television and a digital television, and consumers should beware if someone tries to sell them a device that turns their analog TV into an HDTV. No such device exists.