FYI: Page 120 of California's Appliance Efficiency Regulations, CEC 400-2005-012, Apr05 stipulates a 3W standby-passive requirement for TVs and DVD Player/Recorders, but does not address the ON mode (effective 1Jan06): http://www.energy.ca.gov/appliances/ But in their infinite capacity for clairvoyance and foresight, they stipulate 1W standby-passive and 8W ON requirement for "Digital Television Adapters", e.g. STB (effective 1Jan07). Hmmm, seems to me you could get around this by including a DVD player in the STB???? And, it appears that a PVR with cable and/or OTA tuner falls outside ANY of these categories.....unless you stretch the letter of the law and call it a DVD Recorder..... <holl_ands> ====================================== Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: At 8:54 PM -0500 12/20/05, Tom Barry wrote: >I just don't believe it. > Much can happen between now and 2009. Other budget reconciliation bills have tried to put an end to, or to save NTSC. But every deadline and auction date has been scrapped when the dates drew near. Regards Craig P.S. If you live in New York or California, don't plan on getting an ATSC set-top box. Both states have passed laws/regulations limiting the in-use and standby power for DTV set-top boxes, and more than 30 other states are considering similar limits. These limits were determined using European DVB boxes with SD resolution. The in-use limit of 9 watts is too low for an ATSC box with HD decoder. The original legislation passed by the House included a provision that overrides these state imposed limits, but it was dropped during the Conference negotiations. How ironic - the Feds will provide subsidies for STBs that are illegal in the nation's two most populous states... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.