In a follow-up February's industry-shaking study that more than 13 million U.S. households were completely unprepared for the impending switch to digital television, Nielsen Media Research is readying a new analysis that shows not much as changed in the past three months.
According to the New York Times, the new Nielsen analysis shows that at least 10 million homes are "completely unready" for the transition, and that 25 million homes have still have at least one TV set that will cease to function in the changeover.
Between those completely unprepared and those mid-way through an upgrade (at least one analog-only TV set in use in the home), about 7.5 percent of the viewing public is not ready for the February 2009 transition, Nielsen reports.
Preparedness varies greatly by state and local region, with some communities seeing less than five percent unready, and others with far more significant populations without a digital tuner in their TV or in possession of a digital-to-analog converter for their existing TV. Milwaukee, Wisc., tops the list of unready communities with more than 18 percent of homes not ready for the switch.
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