[opendtv] Re: Why aren't there more converter boxes?
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:54:53 -0500
Ron Economos wrote:
> I can answer the question for DVD recorders. There will
> be "tunerless" models, that just have composite and
> S-Video inputs (and analog audio). More advanced models
> could have 1394 input from cable boxes, although there
> are DRM issues with that (I think only the DVD-RAM
> format allows copy-once).
That's most interesting. Back in the days of NTSC only, devices of that
nature didn't seem to survive, ever. Not monitors, not tunerless VCRs,
none of these boxes. Consumers would typically pass on anything that
could have used a tuner and didn't have it.
I would be surprised if things changed drastically in that regard, just
because NTSC goes away. It seems to me that unless consumers are
absoluetly NOT given a choice, they would continue to want the front
end, now digital. That's one reason why the Samsung STBs sell,
apparently. Because they can be used for the free HDTV even on cable
systems. It gives consumers some control.
It also seems clear to me that for whatever reason, in the US market,
were it not for the FCC, the sort of box you describe would be all that
is available after analog OTA TV shutoff.
Bert
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