[opendtv] Re: --FCC OKs WiFi between TV channels
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 10:25:58 -0400
At 8:33 PM -0400 5/24/04, John Shutt wrote:
>I also find it very curious that in Great Britain, you find Freeview boxes
>manufactured by over a dozen manufacturers everywhere electronics are sold,
>yet here in the United States you have to really search for one or two
>brands at the huge nationwide retail electronics chains.
>
>Either the manufacturers are waiting for the next generation of receiver
>chips and the next iteration of ATSC standards before flooding the market
>with STBs, or else the fast approaching tuner mandates have made it economic
>suicide to even try to design new STBs.
>
Or the vendors expect people to buy monitors and STBs that are
optimized for the service to which they subscribe. You can still
build a cable or DBS STB without an ATSC tuner.
Regards
Craig
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