Digital television: ready for the transfer?

Interesting demographic information regarding the upcoming federally-mandated switch from analog to digital TV transmission. From Cynopsis.com, December 22nd edition:

As the digital transition day of February 17, 2009 draws closer, Nielsen reports the percentage of U.S. households completely unready improved some from the previous month. In December, 6.8% of households (or approximately 7 million households) remain completely unready down from 7.4% in November. Likewise, households that are partially unready dropped slightly to 10.0% in December versus 10.3% in November. Furthermore, in the 56 local markets with metered measurement, Albuquerque-Santa Fe is the least prepared market for DTV at 13.0% followed by Tulsa at 12.65%, Houston 12.41%, Dallas-Ft. Worth at 11.71% and Salt Lake City at 10.63%. In the best prepared column, Hartford-New Haven tops the list at 2.6%, with Atlanta at 2.8%, Boston (Manchester) at 2.9%, West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce at 2.9% and New York at 3.2%.