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Channel with asterisk on Samsung 450 series??

Feb 18, 2009 11:21PM PST

When changing a channel, channel number and "DTV" or "air" appears briefly in upper left hand corner.
Channel 13 (New York WNET) however appears differently:"Channel 13*". Can not find what the asterisk means in any of the guides.

WNET only comes through as an analog station - however, I read that they were one of the channels that changed to all digital on Feb 17th even though date was moved by Congress.

Please - can anyone let me know what the asterisk means - also if I scan for channels again, as we did when we installed TV, would that pick up any new channels that have come on line since we isntalled?
Thanks so much!

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