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

>Sure, but NTSC goes bye-bye in 2009 anyway.  So for those that have  
>to live with the 'pain', it will be relatively short-lived anyway.   
>  
>

Really?  When is the last U.S. LPTV station or translator due to stop 
transmitting?  When is the last U.S. cable system due to stop analog 
transmission?

>If you're not willing to live with the pain, do you really want an  
>ATSC set-top today?
>  
>

Not today, but sufficiently in advance of February 18, 2009 to allow 
people to continue to watch what they currently watch.


>>GoVideo D650          <- you got me on that one!
>>Pioneer DVL-919               <- this is a DVD and LASERDISC combo at $999
>>Samsung DVD-R320      <- this is a DVD Recorder
>>Sony RDR-GX300        <- DVD Recorder
>>Sony RDR-VX515        <- DVD/VCR combo
>>Toshiba SCV394                <- DVD/VCR combo
>>    
>>
>
>The GoVideo is really the only DVD *player* of the lot, but  
>regardless, I don't see the point you were making.
>
Sorry -- I don't get the point YOU'RE making.  People aren't using 
VCR/DVD combos or DVD recorders to watch DVDs?  I do.

>All of these have  
>composite video outputs and if you need to convert that to RF, Mark  
>Aitken just pointed out a $7 modulator.
>  
>

Sure.  That just adds to my point.  Mark's modulator is NTSC, not ATSC.  
It's yet another NTSC RF source that somehow needs to be added to the 
consumer kluge.

TTFN,
Mark

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