As TV Goes Digital, Some Viewers May Be in the Dark

Wallace Page, 87, begins and ends each day with his television. His tired legs don't let him get out much anymore, he doesn't own a computer and reading often strains his eyes. The TV set is sometimes his only connection to the outside world.
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Kim Hart

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