[opendtv] Re: Zenith box at Radio Shack

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> As long as we are discussing this, it might be interesting to
> speculate if the new dedicated chips are designed to tighter
> performance specs than those used in TVs?
>
> It would indeed be ironic if the DTV convertor boxes perform
> better than integrated TVs.

I don't think they do. Cliff says that his new Radio Shack box performs
the same as the Philips DVDR3575H/37. If that's the case, then it also
performs like new LG TVs. At first, I thought the Philips was slightly
better, maybe, but in more recent comparisons, they both did the same
with marginal stations. Hard to say which is better.

Even if they did perform better, the only logical next step would be for
TV manufacturers to use those good and cheap front ends on their updated
products. (After re-enabling the NTSC tuner.)

Bert
 
 
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