Nielsen: Five Million Homes Remain Unready for DTV Transition

Nielsen said Wednesday that more that five million homes, or about 4.4% of the total, remain unready for the digital television transition. That was down from 5.8 million homes (5.1%) that Nielsen concluded weren't ready at the beginning of the month, and from 6.5 million (5.7%) in mid-January. Albuquerque-Santa Fe is the least prepared, says Nielsen, with 12% completely unready. Nielsen defines completely unready as homes without cable or satellite service and without a TV with a digital tuner or a DTV-to-analog converter box hooked up. The ratings company concedes some of those homes could have the converter boxes, just not hooked up yet.