[opendtv] Re: An interesting datapoint ...

Actually I just bought a $58 12" set at WalMart last week, so small TV's 
  do still exist.  I wanted a very low wattage TV that I could run off a 
power inverter and car battery for a long time in the event of another 
hurricane related power outage here.

They do seem to be more scarce recently.

- Tom


John Willkie wrote:

> The argument advanced here is that by requiring digital tuners in sets, the
> FCC would lead makers to stop making big sets and instead market monitors.
> 
> Can't say that's happening, but with the requirements only affecting the
> largest sets, I have been exposed recently to an interesting problem: the
> near-impossibility of acquiring small, portable TV sets (the types used to
> provide visual clues to TV reporters live in the field).  These sets were
> once quite common.  No more.
> 
> These small sets do not come under the tuner mandate until next year or
> later.  But, the tuner decision is having consequences already.  I do
> suspect the later models -- if there be such, will have tuners.  The only
> people interested in monitors this size have video editing equipment.
> 
> John Willkie
> 
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