[opendtv] Re: New PrimeDTV PHD-100 OTA STB

Well, let's see:

- We don't yet know when all LPTV stations will go digital, and they are 
generally not carried on cable or satellite.

- We also don't yet know when all translators will go digital.

- According to NCTA, in September there were 73 million U.S. cable 
households, and only 27.6 million of them were digital.  Certainly the 
digital portion is growing, but I suspect there will still be millions 
of TVs connected directly to analog cable on February 18, 2009.

- I suspect there will also be millions of VCRs and DVD players -- and 
maybe even some video games -- in use on February 18, 2009 with NTSC 
outputs.

TTFN,
Mark


John Golitsis wrote:

>Agreed.  The majority of analog channels are available on digital,  
>and once you're 'seduced' by the quality of digital, you aren't going  
>to want to watch an analog channel anyway.  3 years ago it might have  
>been different, but not today.
>
>On 31-Jan-06, at 6:38 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Why include an NTSC receiver, especially in the boxes that the
>>government is going to subsidize? The set to which the box is
>>attached most likely has one anyway, and there will be no need for
>>the NTSC tuner when the transmitters are turned off.
>>    
>>
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