[opendtv] Re: New PrimeDTV PHD-100 OTA STB
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:04:50 -0500
>Sure, but NTSC goes bye-bye in 2009 anyway. So for those that have
>to live with the 'pain', it will be relatively short-lived anyway.
>
>
Really? When is the last U.S. LPTV station or translator due to stop
transmitting? When is the last U.S. cable system due to stop analog
transmission?
>If you're not willing to live with the pain, do you really want an
>ATSC set-top today?
>
>
Not today, but sufficiently in advance of February 18, 2009 to allow
people to continue to watch what they currently watch.
>>GoVideo D650 <- you got me on that one!
>>Pioneer DVL-919 <- this is a DVD and LASERDISC combo at $999
>>Samsung DVD-R320 <- this is a DVD Recorder
>>Sony RDR-GX300 <- DVD Recorder
>>Sony RDR-VX515 <- DVD/VCR combo
>>Toshiba SCV394 <- DVD/VCR combo
>>
>>
>
>The GoVideo is really the only DVD *player* of the lot, but
>regardless, I don't see the point you were making.
>
Sorry -- I don't get the point YOU'RE making. People aren't using
VCR/DVD combos or DVD recorders to watch DVDs? I do.
>All of these have
>composite video outputs and if you need to convert that to RF, Mark
>Aitken just pointed out a $7 modulator.
>
>
Sure. That just adds to my point. Mark's modulator is NTSC, not ATSC.
It's yet another NTSC RF source that somehow needs to be added to the
consumer kluge.
TTFN,
Mark
>
>
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