[opendtv] Re: (No Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:30:37 -0400

  • From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:31:51 -0400

Isn't it true that at the moment the requirement is 50% of sets above 
36" must have an ATSC tuner? If so the manufacturer can still have 50% 
of their units with a NTSC tuner. There is no reason for monitors with 
NO tuner yet. Once the 100% requirement is in place we will see what 
manufacturers intend. In the meantime "DTV" sets with NTSC tuners are 
surrogates for "MONITORS" no?

John Golitsis wrote:

>Craig, I honestly don't know whether you just confuse yourself, or whether you 
>intentionally twist a conversation in any way necessary to support your point. 
>Either way, it's incredibly frustrating...like talking to a brick wall.
>
>The tuner mandate will eventually require either NO tuner of any sort, or an 
>ATSC tuner at a minimum.  So far, under the current requirements of the tuner 
>mandate, there are numerous ATSC *and* CableCARD sets on the docket, while 
>there 
>are ZERO tuner-less models that I know of.  If you have information on such 
>models, I'd love to know what they are.  And we're talking about models sold 
>by 
>the manufacturer as 'television' displays.
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 8:46 AM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: (No Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:30:37 -0400
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>  
>
>>At 11:04 AM -0400 9/30/04, John Golitsis wrote:
>>    
>>
>>> >From what you are seeing?  What ARE you seeing???  There are ZERO 
>>>tuner-less
>>>models on the market today!
>>>      
>>>
>>That's absurd. There are a large number of monitors on the market
>>today. This is especially true for plasma and LCD (direct view).
>>
>>But most sets today DO include an NTSC/analog cable ready tuner. The
>>real question is whether the CE manufacturers will drop the NTSC
>>tuners and sell pure monitors, or byte the bullet and include the
>>full tuner assortment?
>>
>>    
>>
>>>>From what I am seeing - backed up by FACT - ATSC tuner models are outselling
>>>tuner-less 'monitors" by a ratio of 1 to 0!
>>>      
>>>
>>I would say that you have it backwards. HD displays with integrated
>>digital tuners are selling very slowly. People are buying HD ready
>>sets with analog tuners by a factor of 10:1 over sets with digital
>>tuners.
>>    
>>
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