[opendtv] Re: Lawmakers Establish 2009 Deadline for Analog TV Phaseout
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:14:30 -0500
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>At 8:54 PM -0500 12/20/05, Tom Barry wrote:
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>>I just don't believe it.
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>Much can happen between now and 2009. Other budget reconciliation
>bills have tried to put an end to, or to save NTSC. But every
>deadline and auction date has been scrapped when the dates drew near.
>
>Regards
>Craig
>
>P.S. If you live in New York or California, don't plan on getting an
>ATSC set-top box. Both states have passed laws/regulations limiting
>the in-use and standby power for DTV set-top boxes, and more than 30
>other states are considering similar limits. These limits were
>determined using European DVB boxes with SD resolution. The in-use
>limit of 9 watts is too low for an ATSC box with HD decoder. The
>original legislation passed by the House included a provision that
>overrides these state imposed limits, but it was dropped during the
>Conference negotiations.
>
>How ironic - the Feds will provide subsidies for STBs that are
>illegal in the nation's two most populous states...
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Or as California hopes all receivers will be made to comply with
their law. Congress was worried that this would increase the cost of
their $50 receiver. Is there a physical law that would preclude the
building of an HD 8-VSB box that works at the power levels prescribed by
these laws?
Bob Miller
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