DSG is first to ditch analogue televisions

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/dsg-is-first-to-ditch-analogue-televisions-772385.html

• DSG International, owner of the Currys, PC World and Dixons chains, said it would no longer sell digital TVs in preparation for switch-over in 2012
• Only 10 per cent of the 2 million televisions the company has sold over the past year have been analogue sets.
• DSG said however that a third of all televisions sold in the UK are analogue, a statistic the retailer described as "inappropriate" given the impending analogue switch-off.
• Currys MD said: "We are concerned at the high volumes of analogue TVs still on sale in the UK and we favour early transition to a digital-only range. Digital provides a better deal for customers and reduces waste by removing the requirement for soon-to-be-obsolete analogue tuners in our television range and the unnecessary purchase of extra digital set-top boxes."
• The price of digital television sets has fallen dramatically over recent years, with a standard set costing as little as £150.