These are lifetime enhancements that should not be taken for granted, especially to the baby boomers, which have seen such a whirlwind of technological advances throughout the last fifty years. Read the next few examples.

Film cameras such as the Polaroid can still be purchased, but what a technological breakthrough when they first appeared on the market. Take a snapshot, pull out a section of film and wait ten seconds, and presto, you have a picture. And on colored film to boot.

There is also a big choice now on picture frames. No, not the ones that adorn the walls of your home with paintings and portraits inside. Of course they are still in style, but beware of the digital competitor. Digital picture frames have hit the market by storm. Just install your digital media card and view as many pictures as you want.

You can talk on telephones now without being tethered to the wall with a cord. Cellphones are all the rage with everybody now. They used to be analog, but quickly went to digital. Complete with cameras and access to the Internet, digital cellphones are here to stay.

None of this is news to you though. But perhaps this is. Television broadcasting, as we have known it over the last fifty years is scheduled to end in February 2009. Analog television broadcasting will be replaced by digital. If you have an old style analog TV set, it will effectively present a blank screen on the seventeenth of that month.

Congress mandated this change as a way to update our television broadcasting network all at once. Seems they gave us plenty of notice. But it is not all bad. We as consumers will benefit with higher picture quality from digital broadcasting along with a greater flexibility in entertainment choices.

Anyway, if you do not have digital capable TV by February 2009, you will need a conversion box to go from analog to digital. The cost of these conversion boxes is unknown for sure, however, as I understand it, if you have an analog set, you will be able to request a forty dollar coupon to offset the cost of one.

Discounts and bargains are constantly appearing in the digital market. A great deal on cameras, cellphones, televisions and computers are found daily. Shop around before you buy. Educating yourself on what you are looking for will save you some money.

These are exciting times folks. Whatever hits the market tomorrow in the digital community may be a big surprise. Digital technology is advancing almost as fast as we can blink an eye, so tighten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride. There is no turning back.