Analog TV giving up the 40-year ghost in the machine: Is this the right moment?

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Well folks, it's almost time. Analog TV is about to power down for good. It's been about 60 years, and I have to say that it's a damn good run that it had, running ever since the 1940s. All this time I thought televisions were created in the 1950s, but who am I kiddin'? I wasn't around to see analog TV turned on for the first time. But i'm amazed that it lasted THAT long! Minutes earlier after washing a few little dishes and taking out the garbage, I was too late. at 11:55 PM I tried to connect to mom's television lantern that she didn't even use (I only used it a small bit last year to see if it worked), but to my dismay and disappointment, it didn't turn on. Not the lantern, the lamp flashlight, the radio, or the small TV. I even charged it up a bit by plugging in the AC adapter, but still, no effect. I was too late. I missed the switch. Good thing I have a device that I bought at the just-as-defunct Circuit City that lets me watch TV on my netbook for free, as well as DirecTV that we got this year. Did anyone also miss the switch to digital TV, or did you make it in time? It's been a long run though. 60 years of analog TV...