[opendtv] Re: STB hunting
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:14:42 -0500
Confusion may be another reason for more monitors appearing. But at
Costco today the display number increased to 24 from 22 and 5 of those
now had HD tuners an increased from 3. Maybe something I said to the
manager. Still no stand alone receivers.
Bob Miller
Mark Schubin wrote:
>Being at an airport at the moment, I haven't got time to look through
>everything. Feel free to go to the guide pages yourself to see.
>
>Here's one from this week's (coming) memo:
>Maxent MX-50X3
>
>Based on the web reviews, it's post-100% mandate, it has an NTSC tuner,
>and it lacks DTT reception. To me, that puts it in violation of the
>mandate. Do you have a different view?
>
>FYI, I am not the only person to note this. Check out this Gary Arlen
>piece in September:
>http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/tuning_in/f_gary_arlen-09.21.05.shtml
>
>TTFN,
>Mark
>
>
>John Golitsis wrote:
>
>
>
>>The question is, of those 64 models you note, how many are non-
>>current? It's not uncommon for a manufacturer to "carry over" a
>>model from a previous model year. I don't believe models like this
>>would be in violation of the mandate, but I don't recall the exact
>>wording.
>>
>>On 23-Jan-06, at 12:41 PM, Mark Schubin wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From the October 29 Monday Memo:
>>>
>>>- Later in this memo, there is a more thorough report on the Consumer
>>>Electronics Association (CEA) Fall HDTV Guide figures, but I
>>>thought it
>>>worth noting a few here. According to their charts (some updated in
>>>September and others in October), there are now 312 TV models with
>>>integrated DTT reception capability for sale in the U.S., but there
>>>almost as many -- 308 models -- that have dropped analog tuners rather
>>>than add DTT. Furthermore, there are another 64 models 36-inch or
>>>larger
>>>that have NTSC tuners but no DTT-reception capability, clearly
>>>violating
>>>the "tuner" mandate. I did not do any calculations on 25-inch to 35-
>>>inch
>>>models, only 50% of which are currently under the mandate.
>>>
>>>The URLs to the various CEA charts are in that memo.
>>>http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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