Tomorrow, the screen of my bedroom TV will go blank. Not that I’m someone who goes to bed to watch TV, but it was kind of nice watching a Sunday morning talk show while having a croissant in bed. My livingroom set is all digital, being connected to a digital network like 99% of Belgian TV sets. Unfortunately, Belgium will stop all over-the-air analog TV Nov 3rd 2008, claiming that the remaining 60,000 antenna connected sets belong to only ‘occasional’ viewers not worth the effort.
Unlike the US or EU countries like Holland and France, Belgium will digitize just two over the air TV channels: all the commercial stations long decided that only digital satellite, TV over fiber and digital cable were worth investing in. Since Belgium has virtually no antenna viewers left nobody will really care, but unfortunately I happen to be one of those rare antenna viewers, as getting a TV cable in my bedroom would involve drilling holes in five solid concrete walls. Watching this US video put a smile on my face: yes, ‘going digital’ can be a pain 
Did the “500 digital channels” tsunami change your viewing habits?
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