Retailers are getting ready to begin offering the U.S. public digital television converter boxes so Americans can keep watching their beloved old-school analog televisions when analog television broadcasts are finally terminated on February 17, 2009. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced that more than 100 consumer electronics retailers (including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Kmart, Radio Shack, Sears, Target and Sam’s Club) have been certified to participate in the TV Converter Box Coupon Program. Although a few retailers are already offering converter boxes, most retailers will start on the digital TV converter bandwagon in February 2008, one year ahead of the analog TV shut-off.
