[opendtv] Re: News: Jim Yager Speaks Before the House Telecom Subcommittee
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:19:09 -0400
I suppose it's a good thing to have delayed all this flurry of activity,
to allow the hardware to be improved to the point of being acceptably
good. I continue to believe, though, that had all this serious talk
started back in 2003, i.e. after 4th gen receivers had been demoed in
the field, and 5th gen tested by the CRC, the 31 December 2006 shutoff
date could have been met.
Maybe the urgent talk is only effective if the shutoff date is imminent.
In that case, starting sometime in 2005 would have been enough to meet
the 31 December 2006 analog shutoff date.
The next big question is going to be whether this 18 Feb 2009 will
really be a nationwide analog shutoff, or whether someone will blink and
stagger the analog shutoff.
By the way, Taiwan appears to have a "tuner mandate" too!
http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-digital-television-deployments-by-c
ountry
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Taiwan (Republic of China)
Digital television launched terrestrially throughout Taiwan on July 2,
2004. Currently, there are simulcasts of analogue and digital
television. Taiwan plans to replace analog broadcasting with a digital
system by 2008. Analog signals are to be completely phased out by 2010.
The ROC Cabinet approved a measure mandating that new televisions are to
be equipped with a digital television tuner starting 2006. The rule will
apply to TVs measuring between 21 and 29 inches in 2007, and to sets of
all sizes in 2008, the Cabinet said in a statement. To assist lower
income families with the switch to digital television, the ROC
government plans to provide NT$300 million in aid to purchase converters
or for the purchase of new digital televisions.
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Bert
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