Hilarious! After being gone from the list for awhile, I return to find the same old topics and arguments. Funny how little has changed in ATSC-land. Hey, maybe the 6th gen chips will do the trick! When that incremental improvement turns out to be not quite enough, there will be the promises of 7th generation. The better mousetrap that will do the job is always just around the corner, by definition. And Congress is actually proposing to close the loophole on NTSC shut-off! Maybe those 6th or 7th gen chips will be under $5 by the time NTSC goes dark, so a working $45 STB can be made available here in 2007 or 2008 - just like they had in the U.K. in 2004. -- Frank Eory ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.