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

Just came back from buying a weather radio at two R/S stores, one in PA, 
the other in DE, neither had the Viewsonic, nor did the
employees know what it was.
Albert Manfredi wrote:

>Richard Hollandsworth wrote:
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>>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.
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>Thanks for the info.
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>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.
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>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.
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>I noted no mention of a timer in the manual. Otherwise, the features are 
>about what you'd expect.
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>>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.
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>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.
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>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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