SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Good Guys! (Nasdaq: GGUY)
Stonestown (San Francisco) store was the first store to receive and display a
High Definition broadcast from a network affiliate in the San Francisco Bay
Area. KTVU-TV, the local Fox affiliate, broadcast the first signal during its
Noon News on Wednesday, November 18. The digital broadcast of the KTVU Noon
News show included live segments from The Good Guys! Store.
"It was exciting to be a part of the first digital broadcast in the Bay
Area," said Jayne Spiegelman, Senior Vice President of Marketing and
Merchandising for The Good Guys! "Being the only retailer to show the very
first digital broadcast in the San Francisco area is part of our strategy to
showcase the latest technologies to our customers, and this historic broadcast
is part of The Good Guys! commitment to be the leader in introducing HDTV."
The Good Guys! was one the first retailers in the nation to display and
offer HDTV for sale. All The Good Guys! stores will have the capability to
display true high definition content to customers every day, all day long by
Thanksgiving, with a specially-built High Definition player that will not rely
on broadcasters' limited initial programming.
The Good Guys! is a leading specialty retailer of high quality, brand name
consumer electronics. The Good Guys! has 77 stores in California, Nevada,
Washington and Oregon.
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CONTACT:
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