[opendtv] Re: ATSC STB availability?
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 18:29:41 -0800
Great. Does that mean Hisense receivers are good enough for broadcasters to
run a going busines through?
(gotcha; I've heard your criticism of hisense in light of LG's fifth
generation)
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 6:09 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: ATSC STB availability?
> The Hisense receiver sold at WalMart was the best receiver I had tried
> before the LG 5th gen. I still have it so I will be testing it against
> the latest 5th gen.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> John Willkie wrote:
>
> >Wouldn't the first and MOST likely reason the sets were returned is that
> >they were pieces of s**t, unable to reject high signal levels and
> >insufficient selectivity, and -- shudder -- having serious problems with
> >adjacent channel NTSC and probably ATSC rejection?
> >
> >I suspect that few Walmart shoppers have as their top of mind issue the
> >quality of what they purchase. The typical WalMart shopper (the
girlfriend
> >of one of my brothers just loves "WallyWorld") won't be happy with
offered
> >ATSC boxes there, I figure, for a few more years. This does not appear
to
> >be a receiver problem, but a "driving prices down" issue. We're WAY too
> >early in the receiver learning curve to be in that mode
> >
> >John Willkie
> >
> >
>
>
>
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