Lizzie,
The digital switchover will be a sad moment for many. Your simple analogue television, which has served you so faithfully for many years, will soon be joining its ancestors in tele heaven. Your tele will be in good company though. I too will soon begrudge the loss of a Casio EV-680 to the so called 'TV digital revolution' in 2010.
http://www.thevalvepage.com/tv/Tele.htmThe Sinclair FTV1 - what nostalgia.
http://www.thevalvepage.com/tv/sinclair/ftv1/ftv1.htmA complete history of the portable television.
http://www.guenthoer.de/index-e.htm