[TechAssist] The Future?
- From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TechAssist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:30:13 -0600
Wal-Fart will have to GIVE them away,...in order to save face.
They might even have to break into thir "Piggy Bank", or "Petty cash box".
;-)
LLW
LeRoy Westlund
Westlund TV & Electronics
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Gaidies <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, June 25, 2005 5:48 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>Someone's going to make a killing selling and installing Digital/Analog
>converters.
>
> I presume some people would pay 25% of a new HDTV set to get
>them by, for a few years.
>
> Like when Color came in....I wonder how many of those Plastic
>Overlays were sold to watch Bonanza in color...with the Brown/Green/Blue
>overlays.;-)
>
>-Ed-
>
>Tel-Tek Electronics
>Ontario-Canada
>
>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>teltek@xxxxxxxxx
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerome Silverman
>Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 11:46 PM
>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>
>Well, somebody better tell all the big box stores to stop selling analog
>tvs! They dont seem to be short on inventory at all. And if they stop
>working while still on warranty because of no signal either the
>manufacturers or the stores are going to have to fix that somehow. I can
>just see the faces on those millions of people sitting on the couch when
>the
>tv screen goes to snow. They wont get upset, they will just run out and
>buy
>a digital tv.
>Jerry Silverman
>Greentron Inc
>4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609
>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>greentron@xxxxxxx
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul" <dntwntv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:38 PM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>
>
>> There was a post 6/10 from Dominic Dileo with a link to the EE Times I
>think, that the date was Mar. 2006 for 27" and above and July 2007 for
>anything under 13" as I recall. That the target date for ending analog
>transmission was Dec 2006. You must have seen it. If you didn't I still
>have
>it if interested. Was this incorrect and if so, who has, or where is,
>the "
>absolute" correct information?
>> Paul
>>
>> J Silverman <greentron@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I think the latest date posted was 2013.
>> Jerry Silverman
>> Greentron Inc
>> 4 Newland Ave
>> Greenville SC 29609
>> Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>> mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kevin's TV Repair"
>> To:
>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:34 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>>
>>
>> > The deadline for HDTV was pushed back from 1988?
>> >
>> > Kevin Wilks
>> > Kevin's TV Repair
>> > Penticton BC Canada
>> > kevintv@xxxxxxx
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerome
>Silverman
>> > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:31 PM
>> > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>> >
>> > I wouldnt get too excited about it. So far the "deadline" has been
>> > pushed
>> > back about 17 years from the original date so who knows when it will
>> > happen.
>> > And maybe by then somebody will have come up with something that can
>be
>> > retailed for a dollar, like the calculators that I recently bought
>at
>> > WalMart. It has photocells that recharge its battery. Had to get
>another
>> > one
>> > because the numbers wore off the keys. And the RFID chips that cost
>> > about a
>> > quarter. I marveled at the calculator technology. When I was in
>college
>> > we
>> > used hand-cranked Frieden calculators that cost several thousand
>1950
>> > dollars.
>> > Jerry Silverman
>> > Greentron Inc
>> > 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609
>> > Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>> > greentron@xxxxxxx
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Paul"
>> > To:
>> > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:03 PM
>> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>> >
>> >
>> > > I guess that is what people with cable will do but what about the
>> > people
>> > with satellite and off the air that may not have the opportunity to
>rent
>> > boxes, also there are always those that are looking for something
>that
>> > they
>> > can own instead of renting. Is there an opportunity here that is
>being
>> > overlooked?
>> > > Paul
>> > > Kevin's TV Repair wrote:
>> > > People will be able to buy or rent digital HDTV boxes from the
>cable
>> > > company that will output both HDTV and NTSC signals. Just like
>many
>> > > people do right now with the digital cable boxes so they can get
>the
>> > > extra digital channels.
>> > >
>> > > There are also off air HDTV tuners only that should be able to
>output
>> > > NTSC as well as the HDTV signal.
>> > >
>> > > Kevin Wilks
>> > > Kevin's TV Repair
>> > > Penticton BC Canada
>> > > kevintv@xxxxxxx
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul
>> > > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:14 AM
>> > > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Subject: [TechAssist] The Future?
>> > >
>> > > As long as we are on this subject already.
>> > > For those that keep up on the latest information on the change
>over
>> > from
>> > > NTSC to HDTV, what is available now or what is under development,
>in
>> > > equipment that can be purchased to allow HD signals to be received
>and
>> > > processed in TV's that are NTSC only. From an "entrepreneurial"
>> > (trying
>> > > to make a living), point of view, is there something that may be
>in
>> > > demand that we can make a buck or two on? I envision mass panic
>and
>> > > pandemonium if this occurs in Dec. 2006 as was posted a week or so
>> > ago.
>> > > People are going to be flooding the big box stores and the supply
>will
>> > > not be adequate for the demand. I am sure others see this
>differently.
>> > > Am interested in comments. If this is something for chat LMK.
>> > >
>> > > Paul
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Paul ,B
>> > > Central TV&Video
>> > > 911W Grand Ave
>> > > Grover Beach Ca.
>> > > (805)481-8084
>> > >
>> > >
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