[opendtv] Minimum Power Efficiency Standards for STBs
- From: tsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:58:14 +1000
The state of California is planning to introduce minimum power efficiency
standards early next year for a whole range of set-top boxes; cable,
satellite, terrestrial. Australia plans to follow suit shortly after. The
Australian standards will become mandatory a ear later when state
governments enact legislation to prevent set-top boxes being sold or
distributed that do to meet the standards. I don't know if the Californian
standards will be made mandatory or just be recommendations. Specifically,
the standards set levels in watts for power consumption when the box is in
"stand-by" mode.
The Pacific Gas & Electric Company's "Codes and Standards Enhancement
Initiative for PY2004: Title 20 Standards Development. Analysis of
Standards Options for Consumer Electronics Stand-by Losses" defines a
number of STB types that the new standards will include. Among these is a
"converter box" which "..such as digital television adapters (DTA) and high
definition television (HDTV) conversion boxes, convert digital television
signals to a composite video signal used by standard analog televisions."
Can anyone shed more light on this definition; how is a "converter box" so
different to regular cable, satellite and terrestrial STBs. I would have
thought many STBs fall into this category, particularly terrestrial STBs.
Terry Smith
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Terence J. Smith
Senior Broadcast Engineer
Product Development & Engineering
AUSTAR Communications
Wilcox Mofflin Building
46-52 Mountain Street
ULTIMO 2007 NSW
AUSTRALIA
tel. +612 9394 9888
fax. +612 9259 0158
e-mail. tsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.austarunited.com.au
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