Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Agreement to Sell the Entertainment Business On February 3, 2012, NCR entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Redbox Automated Retail, LLC (“Purchaser”) pursuant to which NCR will sell certain assets of its Entertainment business (the “Entertainment Business”) to Purchaser (the “Transaction”). Pursuant to the Agreement, at the closing, Purchaser will pay NCR $100 million in cash (subject to adjustment as provided in the Agreement) for certain assets of the Entertainment Business, including but not limited to, substantially all of NCR’s DVD kiosks, certain retailer contracts, select DVD inventory and certain intellectual property relating to the Entertainment Business (the “Acquired Assets”). NCR will provide Purchaser with certain transition services following the closing. The Acquired Assets do not include any rights to the “Blockbuster Express” brand or trade name. The Agreement also contemplates that, for a period of five years following the closing, Purchaser and its affiliates may procure certain hardware, software and services from NCR. If at the end of such five-year period, Purchaser and its affiliates have not procured hardware, software and services that have yielded $25 million in margin to NCR, Purchaser will pay the difference to NCR. The completion of the transaction contemplated by the Agreement is subject to various customary closing conditions as well as regulatory approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The Agreement provides that the closing shall occur within 3 business days following satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth therein and is subject to customary termination provisions. The transaction has been approved by the NCR Board of Directors and is expected to close no later than the third quarter of 2012, subject to satisfaction of the closing conditions. In the event that regulatory approval of the transaction pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 is not received and the transaction is terminated, Purchaser will pay NCR a break up fee of $10 million. During the first quarter of 2012, we applied held-for-sale treatment to the Entertainment Business's assets. The carrying amount of the DVD kiosks held for sale (classified in property, plant and equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheet), which represents the majority of the assets included in the disposal group, is $54 million as of February 2, 2012.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Agreement to Sell the Entertainment Business On February 3, 2012, NCR entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Redbox Automated Retail, LLC (“Purchaser”) pursuant to which NCR will sell certain assets of its Entertainment business (the “Entertainment Business”) to Purchaser (the “Transaction”).

Pursuant to the Agreement, at the closing, Purchaser will pay NCR $100 million in cash (subject to adjustment as provided in the Agreement) for certain assets of the Entertainment Business, including but not limited to, substantially all of NCR’s DVD kiosks, certain retailer contracts, select DVD inventory and certain intellectual property relating to the Entertainment Business (the “Acquired Assets”). NCR will provide Purchaser with certain transition services following the closing. The Acquired Assets do not include any rights to the “Blockbuster Express” brand or trade name.

The Agreement also contemplates that, for a period of five years following the closing, Purchaser and its affiliates may procure certain hardware, software and services from NCR. If at the end of such five-year period, Purchaser and its affiliates have not procured hardware, software and services that have yielded $25 million in margin to NCR, Purchaser will pay the difference to NCR.

The completion of the transaction contemplated by the Agreement is subject to various customary closing conditions as well as regulatory approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The Agreement provides that the closing shall occur within 3 business days following satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth therein and is subject to customary termination provisions.

The transaction has been approved by the NCR Board of Directors and is expected to close no later than the third quarter of 2012, subject to satisfaction of the closing conditions. In the event that regulatory approval of the transaction pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 is not received and the transaction is terminated, Purchaser will pay NCR a break up fee of $10 million.

During the first quarter of 2012, we applied held-for-sale treatment to the Entertainment Business's assets. The carrying amount of the DVD kiosks held for sale (classified in property, plant and equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheet), which represents the majority of the assets included in the disposal group, is $54 million as of February 2, 2012.