[opendtv] Re: Lawmakers Establish 2009 Deadline for Analog TV Phaseout
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:02:33 -0500
We are often speculating upon whoever is the evil hidden foe of OTA TV.
I'd bet you would uncover some if you find out the driving forces
behind this legislation.
- Tom
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> At 12:42 PM -0500 12/21/05, John Shutt wrote:
>
>>Yes. The current draw of the miracle 5th generation chips, when the mantra
>>at the last Zenith/LG 8-VSB seminar I attended was "it's only silicon."
>>Apparently running a set top Cray to combat multipath has energy use
>>consequences.
>>
>>I find it more than a bit hypocritical of California to presume to regulate
>>the power usage of ATSC set top boxes yet remain mute on the power
>>consumption differences between a CRT and a Plasma display.
>
>
> It's worse than that. In California and NY there are no power limits
> on set-top boxes for cable and DBS. Apparently they were concerned
> enough to lobby to protect their interests, while broadcasters were
> asleep at the wheel.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
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