[TechAssist] Re: The Future?

  • From: "J Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:12:03 -0400

Yeah! They will give you one with their name on it each time you check out,
wheather you want it or not.
Jerry Silverman
Greentron Inc
4 Newland Ave
Greenville SC 29609
Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TechAssist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] The Future?


> 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
> 97 North Main                             " I forgot,..to remember,..
> Centerfield, UT 84622-0087           to forget "
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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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