[opendtv] Re: Did anyone test this new Radio Shack ATSC STB?

Richard Hollandsworth wrote:

>This has been around for quite some time.  The Viewsonic spec
>sheet brochure in my STB folder has 2004 copyright date and it
>shows DVI vs HDMI interface.

Thanks for the info.

Yes, no HDMI. It's amazing, though, that Radio Shack would get away from the 
cheaper and at least as up-to-date Digital Stream box and start reselling 
these more expensive boxes. Also amazing how boxes from 2004 are the best 
one can do, for plain ATSC STBs and ATSC DVRs. IMO the RGB output is the 
most interesting feature not available with the Accurian.

I can just see Radio Shack dropping them too, citing poor sales as their 
reason, without having figured out that you can't sell ATSC STBs for $400 
anymore. We are at least three years down the road from those days. Or at 
very least, you can't sell for $400 something no better than what you were 
selling for $80 six months ago, close-out sale or not.

I noted no mention of a timer in the manual. Otherwise, the features are 
about what you'd expect.

>If you check www.pricegrabber.com you'll see that pretty much
>everybody and their brother is selling the DH12....best price was
>still overpriced at $328 plus shipping.

Yes, I saw that $328 figure as the lowest too. I'd like to see a shootout 
between this HD12, the HD3150 Plus, and the Samsung SIR-T451.

With all the built-in receivers, demand for STBs will probably drop until we 
get closer to analog shutoff. But the missing piece is still ATSC recording 
devices. If you can connect a cheap STB (with timer) to an even cheaper 
DVDR, that's not a bad way to go, for now.

Bert

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