"Responding to the increasing threat of cyber-attacks on the retail industry, The Home Depot previously confirmed it will roll out EMV "Chip and PIN" to all U.S. stores by the end of this year, well in advance of the October 2015 deadline established by the payments industry."
Yes, they may say that. However, Home Depot is not the one that is determining what technology the issuers use. Most issuers are using Chip&Signature. Home Depot may support Chip and Pin, but if your bank doesn't use Chip&Pin, the fact that Home Depot supports it is worthless to you.
I'm pretty sure the merchant equipment is going to support either chip&signature or chip&pin, seeing as we already have signatures for credit card, and PINs for debit card transactions. The difference will be up to the card issuers. And I for one hate digital "esignatures" talk about all kinds of fraud waiting to happen with that bullcrap. I want to use either PIN or ink on paper signature. Make me use a screen to sign my name, and I'm signing it mickey mouse.
Don't excuse laziness.