Doug wrote: >This is absurd. Lots of people already have DTV sets ... they work fine, >5th gen or not. Absurd you say? Out of touch, I reply. The English have a saying the describes your rather arrogant position, it's; "I'm all right Jack! ( by implication - screw everyone else). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug McDonald" <mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:18 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: PR: Majority of New HDTVs Powered By ATI > Dale Kelly wrote: > >> Craig wrote: >> >>>I would even go so far as to speculate that the ATSC tuner >>>will NEVER be used in many of these sets, so it is largely irrelevant >>>how well it works. >> >> >> A self fullfiling prophesy. >> They won't perform satisfactorily therefore many set owners will (can) >> not >> use them, regardless of what attractive programing packages might be >> offered >> by OTA broadcasters in the future. > > > This is absurd. Lots of people already have DTV sets ... they > work fine, 5th gen or not. It's time to put to rest the expereinces > of a very few people in few blue cities. Most of the USA > is red, very red ... and in most of those places DTV > just works. It certainly just works around here ... as > long as there is enough transmitter power. > > Doug McDonald > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.