[TechAssist] Re: The Future?
- From: Phil Bader <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:57:05 -0400
VCRs evolved from a knob tuner to remote-cable ready over the years.
I forsee this again. Seems normal that say, a DVD recorder with it's
tuner may incorporate such a tuner and there would be among other jacks,
an NTSC output.
Once the "box" is designed, it's nothing to meld it into other recieving
devices.
I remember telling the customer who was thinking he had to junk his
nice, but non-cable ready TV. I would suggest he get a cable ready VCR
and use that as a "converter". Same now as then...
Phil
Philip Bader
Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
Fax (863) 299-8821
email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
JSopko112@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Maybe this has been mentioned before regarding this thread, but if it was - I
>missed it. the National Ass'n of Broadcasters has issued a solicitation for
>bids for some company to build such a box... see the following link for their
>press release:
>http://www.nab.org/newsroom/pressrel/releases/converterboxRFQ.asp
>joe sopko, copnsumer service, s.euclid,oh
>=================================
>In a message dated 6/25/2005 7:48:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
>>Someone's going to make a killing selling and installing Digital/Analog
>>converters.
>>
>> I presume some people would pay 25% of a new HDTV set to get
>>them by, for a few years.
>>
>> Like when Color came in....I wonder how many of those Plastic
>>Overlays were sold to watch Bonanza in color...with the Brown/Green/Blue
>>overlays.;-)
>>
>>-Ed-
>>
>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>Ontario-Canada
>>
>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>teltek@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerome Silverman
>>Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 11:46 PM
>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>>
>>Well, somebody better tell all the big box stores to stop selling analog
>>tvs! They dont seem to be short on inventory at all. And if they stop
>>working while still on warranty because of no signal either the
>>manufacturers or the stores are going to have to fix that somehow. I can
>>just see the faces on those millions of people sitting on the couch when
>>the
>>tv screen goes to snow. They wont get upset, they will just run out and
>>buy
>>a digital tv.
>>Jerry Silverman
>>Greentron Inc
>>4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609
>>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>>greentron@xxxxxxx
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Paul" <dntwntv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:38 PM
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>There was a post 6/10 from Dominic Dileo with a link to the EE Times I
>>>
>>>
>>think, that the date was Mar. 2006 for 27" and above and July 2007 for
>>anything under 13" as I recall. That the target date for ending analog
>>transmission was Dec 2006. You must have seen it. If you didn't I still
>>have
>>it if interested. Was this incorrect and if so, who has, or where is,
>>the "
>>absolute" correct information?
>>
>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>J Silverman <greentron@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>I think the latest date posted was 2013.
>>>Jerry Silverman
>>>Greentron Inc
>>>4 Newland Ave
>>>Greenville SC 29609
>>>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>>>mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Kevin's TV Repair"
>>>To:
>>>Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:34 PM
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The deadline for HDTV was pushed back from 1988?
>>>>
>>>>Kevin Wilks
>>>>Kevin's TV Repair
>>>>Penticton BC Canada
>>>>kevintv@xxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerome
>>>>
>>>>
>>Silverman
>>
>>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:31 PM
>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>>>>
>>>>I wouldnt get too excited about it. So far the "deadline" has been
>>>>pushed
>>>>back about 17 years from the original date so who knows when it will
>>>>happen.
>>>>And maybe by then somebody will have come up with something that can
>>>>
>>>>
>>be
>>
>>
>>>>retailed for a dollar, like the calculators that I recently bought
>>>>
>>>>
>>at
>>
>>
>>>>WalMart. It has photocells that recharge its battery. Had to get
>>>>
>>>>
>>another
>>
>>
>>>>one
>>>>because the numbers wore off the keys. And the RFID chips that cost
>>>>about a
>>>>quarter. I marveled at the calculator technology. When I was in
>>>>
>>>>
>>college
>>
>>
>>>>we
>>>>used hand-cranked Frieden calculators that cost several thousand
>>>>
>>>>
>>1950
>>
>>
>>>>dollars.
>>>>Jerry Silverman
>>>>Greentron Inc
>>>>4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609
>>>>Fax/Phone 864 232 3889
>>>>greentron@xxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Paul"
>>>>To:
>>>>Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:03 PM
>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The Future?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I guess that is what people with cable will do but what about the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>people
>>>>with satellite and off the air that may not have the opportunity to
>>>>
>>>>
>>rent
>>
>>
>>>>boxes, also there are always those that are looking for something
>>>>
>>>>
>>that
>>
>>
>>>>they
>>>>can own instead of renting. Is there an opportunity here that is
>>>>
>>>>
>>being
>>
>>
>>>>overlooked?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Paul
>>>>>Kevin's TV Repair wrote:
>>>>>People will be able to buy or rent digital HDTV boxes from the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>cable
>>
>>
>>>>>company that will output both HDTV and NTSC signals. Just like
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>many
>>
>>
>>>>>people do right now with the digital cable boxes so they can get
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>>>extra digital channels.
>>>>>
>>>>>There are also off air HDTV tuners only that should be able to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>output
>>
>>
>>>>>NTSC as well as the HDTV signal.
>>>>>
>>>>>Kevin Wilks
>>>>>Kevin's TV Repair
>>>>>Penticton BC Canada
>>>>>kevintv@xxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:14 AM
>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] The Future?
>>>>>
>>>>>As long as we are on this subject already.
>>>>>For those that keep up on the latest information on the change
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>over
>>
>>
>>>>from
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>NTSC to HDTV, what is available now or what is under development,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>in
>>
>>
>>>>>equipment that can be purchased to allow HD signals to be received
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>and
>>
>>
>>>>>processed in TV's that are NTSC only. From an "entrepreneurial"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>(trying
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>to make a living), point of view, is there something that may be
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>in
>>
>>
>>>>>demand that we can make a buck or two on? I envision mass panic
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>and
>>
>>
>>>>>pandemonium if this occurs in Dec. 2006 as was posted a week or so
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>ago.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>People are going to be flooding the big box stores and the supply
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>will
>>
>>
>>>>>not be adequate for the demand. I am sure others see this
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>differently.
>>
>>
>>>>>Am interested in comments. If this is something for chat LMK.
>>>>>
>>>>>Paul
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
>
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