The Digital Transition

If my car died tomorrow, I'd have a lot less angst picking its successor than I would if my TV conked out. The "digital transition," as it's called, has given the television market some of the same frustrating inscrutability as the computing market, with an extra dose of technological, regulatory and economic uncertainty. ¶ And yet: People are buying these things. Not just the techno-victims who will snap up any unproven gadget with a four-figure price tag, but regular folks who simply want a better set when their old one implodes. ¶ Finding that better set without buying more or less than you actually want is the real trick of the digital-TV market. Here are six riddles to keep in mind: ... washingtonpost.com link