[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: Cliff Benham <cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:44:06 -0400
Mark Schubin wrote:
> By March 1 of next year, the tuner mandate requires 100% of all
> tuner-equipped TVs 25-inch and up built or imported into the U.S. to have DTT
> reception circuitry. That includes the under-$100 25-inch TVs I find
> advertised periodically.
>
>TTFN,
>Mark
>
The above information brings out the skeptic and curmudgeon in me.
Given the painfully slow rollout of good DTT set top boxes over the last
?seven? years, I find it difficult to believe that in less than 6
months, the seemingly impossible will suddenly emerge in full bloom at
Sears, Walmart, and Western Auto stores everywhere in the country.
Some questions:
What will the quality of performance be for this mandated 'built in DTT
reception circuitry?' Will it be something "thrown in at the last
minute that barely works" and is included only to satisfy the legal
requirements so the manufacturers can still sell TVs in the US market?
Are there any real world performance specifications set by the tuner
mandate which this DTT reception circuitry must meet in order to be
approved for US sale?
Are there any published reports on the DTT reception performance of
these new TVs available that could be displayed on the opendtv list?
Is there any 'preview' or testing planned for these new sets to assure
that they really will work in the real world and not only while being
directly connected to a local 8VSB demo loop generator in the back of
the store?
Or, will we suddenly find there are *no* new TVs as described above
being advertised or sold, but instead, lots of 25-inch and up
'monitors' that meet the description, except that they don't include
reception circuitry of *any* kind, just video inputs?
Regards,
Cliff
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