[opendtv] Re: News: Tuner Comments Fly
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:11:45 -0400
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> The real question the CEA should be asking itself is
> whether they want to sub-13" TV category to survive
> at all. It seems inconceivable to me that many of
> these tiny sets are bought for anything OTHER THAN
> OTA reception. The CEA should instead be pushing for
> availability of really good tuners, that would
> ensure that small portable TV sets can still be
> produced.
I don't know if they can mandate any sort of tuner quality and get away
with it.
But would it be possible to establish some simple truth in labeling that
gave a couple simple metrics of things like multi-path rejection? And
what is the property that double conversion tuners have? Is there some
simple metric that folks could look for and that magazines like Consumer
Reports could publish? If so then maybe the FCC could make divulging
these standard numbers mandatory, and educate folks on what they mean.
- Tom
> http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3D3131
>
> Date posted: 2005-07-29
>
> Tuner Comments Fly
>
> The comments started rolling in this week on the
> FCC action seeking more information on DTV tuners.
> The commission has proposed moving up the date --
> from the end of 2007 to the end of '06 -- when all
> TVs with screens 13 inches and larger must include
> digital over-the-air, or ATSC, tuners. The same
> proposal seeks feedback on whether TVs smaller
> than 13 inches should be included in the mandate.
>
> ...
>
> The Consumer Electronics Association expressed a
> marked lack of enthusiasm for moving up the
> tuner-integration date because the time frame is
> too tight. Manufacturers need at least 18 to 24
> months to integrate tuners into the production
> cycle, the CEA contends.
>
> The organization also has a beef with a
> 13-and-under requirement, given the potential cost
> add-on of an ATSC tuner. Using estimates provided
> by the chip maker Zoran, the CEA in its filing
> said integrating an ATSC tuner would add around
> $65 to a small standalone device and between $80
> and $120 to an existing one.
>
> ...
>
> ATI, another chip maker, submitted a comment stating
> that the cost of adding DTV reception capability to
> a TV set would run around $40 by the fall of 2006.
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Hmmm. Getting pretty close to my $35 estimate from
> several years ago, for 12/31/2006.
>
> The real question the CEA should be asking itself is
> whether they want to sub-13" TV category to survive
> at all. It seems inconceivable to me that many of
> these tiny sets are bought for anything OTHER THAN
> OTA reception. The CEA should instead be pushing for
> availability of really good tuners, that would
> ensure that small portable TV sets can still be
> produced.
>
> I read a couple of weeks ago in EE Times that
> there's a lot of research being conducted to reduce
> the current demands of high speed CMOS devices,
> specifically to reduce the power consuption of
> electronics needed for this sort of application.
> Until then, lap-top PC style rechargeable batteries
> are going to have to do the trick. And sure, time
> between charges might only be a couple of hours or
> so, for reception of regular DTT.
>
> Bert
>
>
>
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