Some politicians are worried that the country’s transition from analog to digital TV signals will not go smoothly.

Many hotels are bowing to pressure and replacing their old picture tube TVs with new L.C.D. and plasma flat screens, but most have failed to take that one last step: adding high-definition service.

As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.

As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.

Officials say, last-minute demand for digital converter boxes could be so overwhelming that millions of people — many of them elderly, low-income or disabled — will lose service.

25 million homes have at least one TV set that will go dark when the nation converts to digital television in nine months, and 10 million of those homes are “completely unready” for the switch.

What has an 11-inch screen, offers breathtaking pictures and costs $2,500? It’s the new TV from Sony.