[opendtv] Re: ATSC STB availability?
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:02:52 -0800
Yes, but medium and far field performance has never been much of an issue
with receivers; it's always close in that's a b***h.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Harvey" <tjharvey@xxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:26 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: ATSC STB availability?
> I bought one of the Hisense boxes and encouraged others to buy a few more.
> I have found the box to be a good perfomer. If the decision to carry it is
> true (I will check our local outlets), it has nothing to do with
performance.
>
> There has been no attempt on the part of Walmart to advertise or promote
> the box. When I went buy the box a couple of months ago. I had to go
> through three Walmart staff to be led to a concealed closed cupboard to
> where two units were tucked under other stocked items!
>
> Incidently, with the Hisense receiver I receive 16 DTV OTA stations with
no
> problem from where I live. And seven of the stations are 100 air miles or
> more from my home. (I do use a roof top antenna).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Terry Harvey
>
>
>
>
> At 06:07 PM 3/7/2005, Stephen W. Long wrote:
> >The USDTV box is no longer being sold by the WalMart nearest my house.
The
> >electronics manager said the units kept being returned (the last one on
the
> >shelf had been purchased and returned three times). The manager said
they
> >would not stock the item any more. He thought this was a corporate wide
> >decision.
> >
> >One might speculate about why the units were returned. I asked the
manager
> >why he thought the units were returned. He said he thought it was
because
> >of confusion about HDTV. He said people bought the unit expecting to get
> >HDTV on their existing SDTV sets. He did not know about reception
> >reliability, did not offer any information.
> >
> >When my wife and I were on my extended trip (3 months) touring the USA in
> >our RV last year, we stopped at many WalMarts, parked overnight in
several
> >of their parking lots. WalMart is not my favorate store, but I have
> >learned to respect their business abilities and I can now see the
> >attraction in it by so many people - the prices are lower than most any
> >other store, and I made the observation that you can really see a
> >significant portion of the so called middle America in the isles. This
is
> >where many people, particularly in small towns and rural area, do much of
> >their shopping. WalMart is an important store in much of this country.
I
> >think it is telling that WalMart does not appear to be selling a
> >stand-alone ATSC set-top box. My sample size is one store, but the
manger
> >said he thought it was a corporate decision. Has anyone on this list
> >attempted to recently purchase (or at least check out) the availability
of
> >USDTV boxes at their local WalMart? If we confirm that WalMart is not
> >selling ATSC boxes, what does that say about the roll out of ATSC to the
> >vast bulk of America?
> >
> >At 07:22 PM 3/7/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> > >It may have changed but the last I heard you could still get one of the
> > >USDTV non-subscription boxes (under whatever name) at Walmart in cities
> > >USDTV does not service.
> > >
> > >- Tom
> > >
> > >Dale Kelly wrote:
> > >> Does anyone know if ATSC STB receivers, of any make or model, are
> >currently available to consumers? I assume that USDTV, DirecTV and other
> >"bundled" receivers might still be available but am not certain of even
that.
> > >> I believe we (opendtv) recently determined that nothing is available
> >utilizing 5G technology, except perhaps for Bob's new project, but is
> >anyone aware of anything using even a 4G technology?
> > >>
> > >>
> >
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