[opendtv] Re: PSIP Patent fun

  • From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:45:01 -0500

The real reason why we had to "stay the course" with ATSC back in 2000.

John


----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "opendtv" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:23 PM
Subject: [opendtv] PSIP Patent fun


I have purchased two Vizio HDTV's now, and like them. A lot of bang for the buck, for the moment. But patents may cloud the issue.

John W, any comment on this PSIP related development?

From <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/179758-Set_Maker_Asks_FCC_For_Help_In_Patent_Dispute.php>

- Tom


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Set-Maker Asks FCC For Help In Patent Dispute

Vizio calls Funai’s patent fees “extortionate”

By Glen Dickson -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/23/2009 4:52:20 PM MT

Vizio, a leading manufacturer of value-priced HDTV sets, has enlisted the FCC’s help in its ongoing patent dispute with Funai, a Japanese manufacturer which sells HDTV sets under the Sylvania and Philips brands and which also holds some patents relating to the U.S. digital TV standard which it acquired from Thomson Consumer Electronics.





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