Retailers anxious over analog TV cut-off
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Best Buy Inc.'s chief executive said Tuesday that he is "very nervous" about being able to supply customers with the millions of digital TV converter boxes needed ahead of the shutdown of most analog TV transmissions in 13 months.
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Electronics retailer trims guidance as Americans curb spending.
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All U.S. households with televisions  that use analog technology will be eligible for $40 discount  coupons to buy digital converter boxes, the Commerce Department  said on Monday.
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By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.  Feb. 18--These days, it's all about TVs -- who's got the biggest, the  sharpest, the loudest.   But some day soon, homeowner envy may shift to a different subject:  automation.
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LOS ANGELES  - A year from Sunday, television for many Americans will cut to black. Analog signals will stop transmitting, older sets will become useless and millions of TV-watching households will simply disappear.
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Answers to common questions about digital television:
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TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna? But it's pretty clear which business interests stand to gain.
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First video killed the radio star. Now it looks like the video recorder's days could be numbered too, after Britain's biggest electrical retailer announced an end to sales of the household gadget.
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Warner Home Video's  defection from the HD DVD camp may have put a damper on  hardware sales.
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DonÂt buy that high-definition TV yet. Competition may force the prices down further.
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The government will offer households as much as $80 to convert TVs to receive digital broadcasts before the end of analog broadcasts in 2009.
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Lawmakers believe the analog TV spectrum can be put to much better use and can generate billions in auctions to telecom companies. So Congress is considering paying Americans to ditch over-the-air analog TV and switch to digital. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
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Electronics makers considering the  strain on the U.S. economy are hoping consumers will cut other  expenses first, but many see some worrying signs ahead.
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The DTV transitionis still on schedule for next year, except now some of the major retailers involved in getting new DTV broadcast converter boxes distributed, are worried that the US government won't be able to pull this off.
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NEW YORK  - Nielsen Media Research has estimated that more than 13 million U.S. households are ill-prepared for the digital TV conversion next year.
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Electrical retailers Currys, Dixons and PC World will now promote digital TV sets with built-in Freeview tuners.
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WASHINGTON  - Brushing aside  congressional suggestions that the nation is ill-prepared for  the conversion to digital TV in 2009, the Department of  Commerce on Monday unveiled its plan to help subsidize the  switchover from analog.