[opendtv] Re: 5th gen receivers
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:43:40 -0500
No I mean they will continue to use ATI with ATI's new chip.
Bob Miller
Tom Barry wrote:
>Bob Miller wrote:
> > Hisense, USDTV's supplier, is now using ATI 4th Gen. They will continue
> > to use ATI.
>
>I guess we will see how that works for them.
>
>If that is the same box I bought at Walmart (and returned) it did not
>seem particularly any better or worse reception than my HiDTV PCHD card
>I mostly use. The HiDTV (I own 2) in turn was slightly better than the
>3 other PCHD cards I've used. But I've never known for sure which chip
>it has. My HiDTV card is a couple years old and I sometimes suspect I
>got a better one out of the batch somehow.
>
>- Tom
>
>
>
>
>>Tom Barry wrote:
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>>>All that may be true except I've seen no sign any broadcaster is
>>>considering it. Or really considering much of anything having to do
>>>with ATSC digital TV except getting carried on cable.
>>>
>>>I'll even offer one other possible explanation for ATI tying up much of
>>>the ATSC receiver chip market. Maybe they are just cheaper and nobody
>>>is building ATSC STBs and the integrated TV building CE folks want a
>>>cable tuner with just the minimum ATSC receiver so they can just say
>>>they have one.
>>>
>>>But then again, maybe the ATI chips will be really wonderful. Dunno.
>>>
>>>I wonder if USDTV is still planning on 5th gen chips? Or have they also
>>>switched? It would sure seem they would need something that really
>>>worked if they want to be supported by subscription revenues.
>>>
>>>- Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Hisense, USDTV's supplier, is now using ATI 4th Gen. They will continue
>>to use ATI.
>>
>>Bob Miller
>>
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