[opendtv] Re: Why aren't there more converter boxes?
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:26:02 -0500
> If you remember the CEA/CERC arguments, some manufacturers
> had suggested that it would be possible to move the 1 July
> 2007 date back some, to March 1, but not for all of their
> products. And the FCC quickly agreed to the advanced date
> ... for all products.
No, I remembered wrong. Some manufacturers said they would advance the 1
July 2007 date to March 1, 2007, *if* they could get a break on the 1
March 2006 date for mid-size TVs. That's when the FCC said thanks, and
yes to 1 March 2006 and yes also to 1 March 2007.
Panasonic wanted DVD recorders exempted, figuring that no one wants to
record HDTV on a DVD, so might as well wait for HD-capable disk
recorders. The FCC didn't buy that either. (Nor do I.)
Bert
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