[opendtv] Re: No ATSC LCD TV Sets in Consumer Reports
- From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:14:54 -0800
Stephen wrote:
>In Consumer Reports March 2006, there is not a single LCD
>set that has a digital tuner. Several sets have digital cable tuners and
>have provisions for CableCards.
As a Quid-pro-Quo for it's approval of the Digital Cable Ready* standard the
FCC mandated that all such sets also include an ATSC tuner. This fact was
seldom mentioned in the CE trades until recently, when Sears and Best Buy
included this fact in their newspaper advertisements. Clearly Consumers
Union is simply repeating the set manufacturers descriptions, which seldom
mention this added feature.
* = Also known as Digital Cable Plug and Play - which includes the Cable
Card slot
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Subject: [opendtv] No ATSC LCD TV Sets in Consumer Reports
I am in the market for a new 32" LCD TV for my RV and was reading Consumer
Reports March 2006 Best Flat Screens reports. There is not a single LCD
set that has a digital tuner. Several sets have digital cable tuners and
have provisions for CableCards.
Most of these sets still have analog (NTSC) tuners.
One or two of the plasma sets have digital tuners. Five out of 20 CRT sets
have digital tuners.
From this sample set, it would appear that CE manufacturers have given up
on digital over the air receivers. Out of over 100+ sets reviewed fewer
than 10 have ATSC receivers.
How do the manufacturers get away with this? I thought tuners were
mandated? You can not call these sets monitors when they have digital
cable tuners in them.
So I interpret these results to mean that CE manufacturers have given up on
over the air reception. What do they know that the 8VSB bigots on this
list do not know?
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