Why are we having a digital conversion for our TVs?

there's more to it than that...i dunno. o i think there's a rat in that woodpile, y'know?

1. Depends on where you live. In the US it was done to reduce the number of channels so that some can be used for Emergency Services Radios uniting local police, fire departments, state police, and government agencies on one radio system so they can properly communicate and get better radio service in a post 9-11-2001 world.

2. In all places it was done to reduce the number of channels needed since digital is more efficient. In the United States this also allowed for more cell phone services and related data networks which leads to auction of said frequencies which helps pay off the national debt.

3. To provide for High Definition Television or Multicasting -- The ability to have a much better picture or the ability to have more than one program (up to 6) on one TV channel.

I'm pretty sure it is because digital might be cheaper. Or a lot of people are getting hdtvs so they want to make it so that the tv stations don't have to broadcast in both digital and analog.

They wanted (needed?) to free up the frequencies for (mostly) cell phone useage.They also get money by leasing the frequencies but the government doesn't normally do things for profit alone