The question is, of those 64 models you note, how many are non- current? It's not uncommon for a manufacturer to "carry over" a model from a previous model year. I don't believe models like this would be in violation of the mandate, but I don't recall the exact wording. On 23-Jan-06, at 12:41 PM, Mark Schubin wrote: > From the October 29 Monday Memo: > > - Later in this memo, there is a more thorough report on the Consumer > Electronics Association (CEA) Fall HDTV Guide figures, but I > thought it > worth noting a few here. According to their charts (some updated in > September and others in October), there are now 312 TV models with > integrated DTT reception capability for sale in the U.S., but there > almost as many -- 308 models -- that have dropped analog tuners rather > than add DTT. Furthermore, there are another 64 models 36-inch or > larger > that have NTSC tuners but no DTT-reception capability, clearly > violating > the "tuner" mandate. I did not do any calculations on 25-inch to 35- > inch > models, only 50% of which are currently under the mandate. > > The URLs to the various CEA charts are in that memo. > http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.