Best Buy gears up for DTV by eliminating analog televisions

This is what all stores that sell new tv's should be doing. Those consumers who still wish to purchase an analog type tv can still get them in a variety of conditions at a variety of prices from individuals selling in the paper, used/ second hand stores, and pawn shops.

The number of sets that will be purchased from now until the time in 2009 when the switch is 'suppose' to happen will greatly ease the transition to DTV as well as bringing more percentage of sets into a HDTV realm as well.

Lastly this move will reduce the amount of tax dollars that must be spent on providing vouchers to people who still own, or have recently, bought an analog set by the time of the change over.

It really makes perfect sense and it shoudl have been something mandated at the federal level for all retailers. For instance give a 5 year window from the time the last new analog set is sold to when the switch is due to happen. The problem of many consumers not being up to specs will greatlt be reduced.

About a month ago, someone I know was recently on the outside of a conversation between a couple of Best Buy employees at a party who were discussing a memo. It had some details about this actually, so I guess second hand news isn't always sketchy. It also mentioned huge reductions in prices for HDTV's early next year. So if you were in the market for one, may want to wait a few months ;-P

emugamer: as a former Best Buy employee, I can tell you that there are NEVER memos that discuss any price drops or adjustments, unless they are part of an ad (and in this case, the advance of such a notice would only be a week, possibly two.) Unless they plan on advertising the price, Best Buy never puts this information in print.

I can also tell you that in the US, as of early this year (March?) any retailer selling a TV without a digital tuner had to specifically make customers aware of it. How they do that I think is up to the specific chain, but as far as I'm aware, Best Buy had pretty much done away with TV's that had analog tuners around this time last year, and maybe the only had a few budget SKU's left, such as the smaller tube TV's that had them.

Not to be different, but we will continue on with our Sony KV36HS500 analog TV, because the picture quality of every flat-panel set I have yet seen appears substantially inferior to it. And in a number of ways;
Am I wrong,or is our black level not even approachable?
Our colors are truer, and in this I am including sets properly displayed in darkened environments where the settings are not a full blast.
In fast sports action, flat-panels just seem a blur.
Well, I could go on, but you get the point.
Of course, we do use a HD-OTA set-top box.

Take computers , and cell phones for example. In the early 90’s not everybody could afford them at first, now everybody owns one. I hope the tv sets are sold at reason able price. I remember when analog widescreen tube cone sets were being sold, flat LCD plasma screens were introduced and all the others were then dust. Now these sets are relatively new to the public and when something is first generation of its kind, tends to be real expensive. Forget the converter boxes, its best to do things right the first time. I guess I got to put up a yard sale because I’m not going to watch a watered down image.

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SProdigy (Junior Member) 18 October 2007 11:48 _
emugamer: as a former Best Buy employee, I can tell you that there are NEVER memos that discuss any price drops or adjustments, unless they are part of an ad (and in this case, the advance of such a notice would only be a week, possibly two.) Unless they plan on advertising the price, Best Buy never puts this information in print.

I can also tell you that in the US, as of early this year (March?) any retailer selling a TV without a digital tuner had to specifically make customers aware of it. How they do that I think is up to the specific chain, but as far as I'm aware, Best Buy had pretty much done away with TV's that had analog tuners around this time last year, and maybe the only had a few budget SKU's left, such as the smaller tube TV's that had them.

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Well i said it before and ill say it again. They are just making the transitions.