Best Buy Nervous About Digital Switchover

Best Buy's CEO said yesterday at a CES conference that he is "very nervous" about being able to supply customers with the millions of digital TV converter boxes needed ahead of the digital TV switchover in 13 months.
"I think it's one of the biggest risks our industry has," vice chairman and CEO Brad Anderson told audiences at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Remember, over the air TV viewers will have to buy a digital TV or converter box to watch OTA programming after Feb. 17 of next year. Cable and satellite viewers do not have to worry about the switchover. Industry estimates place the number of households that rely on OTA signals at about 15% of the population.

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