[opendtv] Re: HDTV DVB-T receiver for the UK

  • From: BenWebber@xxxxxxx
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:12:35 -0500

Bert Manfredi wrote:

> ... The question ought to be, given that 8-VSB
> receivers have been designed to work right, given
> that the working solutions were supposed to be on
> the market last quarter, *now* what's the holdup?

Perhaps the almost total absence of consumer demand for high-quality
ATSC STBs? I'm not being facetious. Apart from a few thousand
early-adopting OTA HDTV enthusiasts, U.S consumers will be either: a)
getting their TV from MVPDs; b) buying a new DTV with an integrated
tuner; or, c) waiting until Congress get done dithering over analog
shutdown.

I like a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but maybe it's
just a supply-and-demand thing.

Regards,

B.

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