[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: "Mark Aitken (Work @ Home)" <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:26:18 -0400
Exactly our question for a LONG time...
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From: "Cliff Benham" <cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:44 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
<SNIP>
> The above information brings out the skeptic and curmudgeon in me.
> Given the painfully slow rollout of good DTT set top boxes over the last
> ?seven? years, I find it difficult to believe that in less than 6
> months, the seemingly impossible will suddenly emerge in full bloom at
> Sears, Walmart, and Western Auto stores everywhere in the country.
> Some questions:
> What will the quality of performance be for this mandated 'built in DTT
> reception circuitry?' Will it be something "thrown in at the last
> minute that barely works" and is included only to satisfy the legal
> requirements so the manufacturers can still sell TVs in the US market?
> Are there any real world performance specifications set by the tuner
> mandate which this DTT reception circuitry must meet in order to be
> approved for US sale?
> Are there any published reports on the DTT reception performance of
> these new TVs available that could be displayed on the opendtv list?
> Is there any 'preview' or testing planned for these new sets to assure
> that they really will work in the real world and not only while being
> directly connected to a local 8VSB demo loop generator in the back of
> the store?
> Or, will we suddenly find there are *no* new TVs as described above
> being advertised or sold, but instead, lots of 25-inch and up
> 'monitors' that meet the description, except that they don't include
> reception circuitry of *any* kind, just video inputs?
>
> Regards,
> Cliff
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