SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

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U Can Call...or GoTo Website....


http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/


1-888-388-2009


The Coupons X-pire 90 Days From Mailing.....


So Make Sure Your Local Stores R Carrying Boxes Before Ordering ....


I Believe That Best Buy & Poss Walmart Have Them Now .... Comparison
Shop Prices & Makes(?)


The Country Is Going To Go Very Dark When PPl's Tv's Go Out....And They
R Clueless .....


BTB..."Anything" With "Analog" Transmissions Is Going Dark ....

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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.


Full-power television stations will turn off their analog signal on Feb.
17, 2009, after which they will broadcast in digital only.


Viewers who receive their signals through an antenna instead of cable or
satellite and don't have a digital-ready TV will have to buy a
converter. The Nielsen Co. estimates that 14.3 million households rely
on over-the-air television broadcasts for programming.

Still others have sets that receive analog broadcasts as a complement to
cable, satellite or digital sets in the same household.


"The number of converter boxes that is going to be required could put
tremendous pressure on us to solve all those problems" in a short time,
said Anderson.


The airwaves to be vacated by the analog transmissions will be auctioned
by the federal government (God Bless Our Gov't) to providers who will
use them for wireless broadband services.

Customers are likely to look to specialty electronics stores like
Circuit City and Best Buy for guidance ahead of the transition.

Steve Eastman, the Target Corp.'s vice president and general
merchandising manager for consumer electronics, was less apprehensive
about the digital transition.

But he acknowledged that a lot has to be done to prepare. "The clock's
ticking and this is coming very quickly," he said. The company plans to
have converter boxes in stores by April.


The converter boxes are expected to cost between $40 and $70. ea


The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has begun
accepting requests for two $40 coupons per household to be used toward
the purchase of the boxes.