Winners In The Switch To DTV

... Entrepreneurs [like Aloha Partners] won't be the only companies to gain from analog's demise. Television retailers and manufacturers expect to see tremendous growth in consumer spending. Congress is considering, among other controversial possibilities, implementing federal rebates on digital conversion tuners to ensure that the 45 million analog televisions not connected to cable or satellite programming won't go dark. Though retail chains would see profit from the sale of the subsidized tuners, most TV manufacturers and retailers predict that consumers will choose to replace their analog sets, instead. ...  Link:  Forbes.