[opendtv] Re: An interesting datapoint ...
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:05:31 -0400
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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