With the DTV transition happening today and analog broadcasting going away, what happens to this classic static that greeted you on every channel that wasn't there to remind you to keep flipping? [YouTube]

This is our DTV transition flowchart, inspired by the Consumerist.

In case you have been oblivious to the endless warnings and apocalyptic terror of those who fear they will live in a world without television, the DTV transition is happening today. So I have to ask, does your TV still work?

Hey, Grandma, ready for the transition to the digiterized picture-box? We certainly hope so: Today, June 12th, we'll all be moving over to digital television and discarding the rabbit ears forever. Well, the few of us who need to, anyway.

Angered and distraught over the analog TV shutdown, a 70-year old Missouri man blew away his TV and engaged in a brief standoff with police when he could not get his converter box to work.

Obama signed the piece of paper that officially delays the digital TV transition until June 12, even though many stations are turning off analog next week anyway (here's a list, thanks Ponies). [Broadcasting & Cable]

Not surprisingly, shifting the DTV transition date to June 12th could mean that converter boxes will run out.

Spanish-speaking viewers are finding the DTV transition to be particularly difficult because their favorite stations have either switched to digital or are too low power to be viewed outside of analog.