Is this the new "Y2K?"

[vdc-Loki]

Now I don't know about where you live, but here in Northern Michigan damn near EVERYONE I know either has Cable TV or Dishnetwork/Direct-TV I have not met ANYONE around my area who STILL uses an antenna to pick up TV signal.....

Now ALL OVER the media AND local stores here people are "Warning" that ALL stations will be converting to Digital Media in the next months (the actual date escapes me at the moment)

Anyway, they CLAIM if I don't buy this handy dandy converter box that I will no longer be able to watch my TV LOL

I talked to many people over the past few weeks and they are ALL scrambling to go buy one of these converter boxes, YET they have NO NEED for one, they already have a digital cable box.

Is this the next "money / scare scam" going on? and why are people so fucking stupid??

Discuss.

-Loki-