"As of yesterday, federal law mandates that all 13-inch-and-above TVs sold in the US must sport a fancy new ATSC digital tuner -- although according to the Washington Post, many retailers haven't exactly been quick to ensure compliance."
I do believe that stores are allowed to sell out of their existing stock - the FCC order addresses shipping and importing only. Given that it may difficult to replace some of these lower-end products with digital versions at a price point acceptable to their intended audience, I wouldn't be shocked if stores have stocked up on these products to a greater degree than they did with the 25"-and-up sets that disappeared pretty quickly last year.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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"As of yesterday, federal law mandates that all 13-inch-and-above TVs sold in the US must sport a fancy new ATSC digital tuner -- although according to the Washington Post, many retailers haven't exactly been quick to ensure compliance."
I do believe that stores are allowed to sell out of their existing stock - the FCC order addresses shipping and importing only. Given that it may difficult to replace some of these lower-end products with digital versions at a price point acceptable to their intended audience, I wouldn't be shocked if stores have stocked up on these products to a greater degree than they did with the 25"-and-up sets that disappeared pretty quickly last year.
Follow-on comment - it's not just 13" and above, but rather *all* sets, plus VCRs, DVD recorders - anything with an analog TV tuner.