Millions Still Not Ready For the Digital Switch

There has been talk about the digital switch for some time now, and it has even been extended.

Friday marks the end of analog television, but millions of households could still be unprepared for the nation's switch to digital-only television.

The initial switch was supposed to take place in February, but Congress pushed the deadline to June 12 after regulators found that five million American households had yet to prepare for the transition by buying a digital television set or converter box, or subscribing to a cable or satellite-television service. About three million households could still be unprepared, according to estimates in late May by Nielsen Co.

The Federal Communications Commission has spent $75 million over the past few months to help people get ready. Some areas have already made the switch, with more than one-third of local TV stations having shut off their analog signals months ago.

One seems to think this switch is not going to go as smoothly as some had hoped.