I would guess that this ruling applied to manufacturers only and not to retailers, meaning that any set manufactured after the cut off date must be manufactured with a digital tuner built in. Does the cut off date for analog broadcast remain 02/19/2009 or did this ruling address that also? The Old Master Technician ******************************** Since 1972 * Jim Myers * Telrad Electronics * Fort Wayne Indiana * ******************************** Barry wrote: > On Nov 3 2005 the FCC made a ruling that by March 1, 2006 ( Two months > from now) all TV's 25 " and above will be required to have digital tuners. > The same ruling included all TV's to have digital tuners by March 1, 2007. > These are the important issues to the service industry since economics > have been the reason for the decline in revenue in the service industry. > Will the retailers comply with these rulings? Will the FCC enforce these > rulings? > If these things happen business will get better becuase the product will > be more expensive and people will be inclined to repair analog sets. > If anyone would like a copy of the ruling send me an email and I will > forward you an attachment of the ruling. > Sincerely, > Barry MacInnes > Television Service Clinic > 2 Church St. W. > W. Lebanon,NH 03784 > foxhole@xxxxxxxxx > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. > Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/