Radio Shack , HH Gregg , FYE , Fred Meyer Stores , Ultimate Electronics and Boscov ’s all got smack with fines tote up almost $ 100 K because they sold analogue TVs that were not decently marked with a warning sticker saying that they would basically stop receiving signal ( at least , not without a cable system box or other kind of assistance ) when the digital switchover hits on Feb. 17 , 2009 .
grant to Ars , the warning - sticker principle went into result on May 25 :
Any company sell parallel - only TV sets [ must ] expose a prominent “ Consumer Alert ” in “ a size of type large enough to be clear , conspicuous and promptly legible ” that is locate on the set itself or forthwith side by side to it .
Although the total fines levied were not terribly gamey , the per - TV charge is a soaked $ 8,000 .
As you may have readhere , Best Buy fix judicious to this whole affair and decided to stop over trade analog TVs altogether . perchance that was just well-fixed than training thousands of “ gloomy shirt ” to put monition stickers on the proper TV bent . [ Ars Technica ]
https://gizmodo.com/best-buy-stops-selling-analog-sets-signaling-end-of-an-311993
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