But broadcasting will be here for quite awhile. Here in the U.S., the NTSC will accept inferior standards to ensure that the new broadcasts are backwards-compatible, because of concern that citizens have their freedom of hearing speech.

On-demand downloads will, of course, keep becoming more popular, but as long as I own the TiVo anyway, I should still be able to time-shift for an awfully long time to come.

::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::