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Some Large TV Mfgrs are dropping tuners---

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TedL

To get around FCC rules requiring digital off-air tuners in 36" and larger sets, some manufacturers are dropping any kind of tuners altogether.

The rules requiring the DTV tuners in larger television sets take effect this Friday, July 1.

That's the word today from Television Broadcast Editor Micheal Silberglide who quotes Digital TV Design Online in his daily "Two Minute Drill" audio news update.

http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/TMD/two-minutedrill.mp3

The sets mentioned are rear projection CRT designs.

"Nutering" these devices will make them monitors, dependent on set top boxes for something to display. (Have you tried "setting" something on top of a plasma or LCD display? Maybe we should coin another term.)

Since most cable and satellite set top boxes don't include provisions for analog or digital off-air tuning, how much of an impact is this going to make in the progress of DTV?

Maybe this will result in a variety of set-top off-air analog/digital tuners being made for sale to consumers.

Even if we don't spend thousands on a new HD-ready display, we'd be able to receive DTV.

Oh, if you're in a top 100 market, you might get better reception from ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates' digital stations on Friday.

That's when they're required to energize maximum power facilities if they haven't already done so.

Hee Haa!

Ted.
 
I hear that in the UK television sets are pre-set
to BBC1, BBC2, ITV, etc. Is this going to happen to
American sets at some point?





> To get around FCC rules requiring digital off-air tuners in
> 36" and larger sets, some manufacturers are dropping any
> kind of tuners altogether.
>
> The rules requiring the DTV tuners in larger television sets
> take effect this Friday, July 1.
>
> That's the word today from Television Broadcast Editor
> Micheal Silberglide who quotes Digital TV Design Online in
> his daily "Two Minute Drill" audio news update.
>
> http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/TMD/two-minutedrill.mp3
>
> The sets mentioned are rear projection CRT designs.
>
> "Nutering" these devices will make them monitors, dependent
> on set top boxes for something to display. (Have you tried
> "setting" something on top of a plasma or LCD display? Maybe
> we should coin another term.)
>
> Since most cable and satellite set top boxes don't include
> provisions for analog or digital off-air tuning, how much of
> an impact is this going to make in the progress of DTV?
>
> Maybe this will result in a variety of set-top off-air
> analog/digital tuners being made for sale to consumers.
>
> Even if we don't spend thousands on a new HD-ready display,
> we'd be able to receive DTV.
>
> Oh, if you're in a top 100 market, you might get better
> reception from ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates' digital
> stations on Friday.
>
> That's when they're required to energize maximum power
> facilities if they haven't already done so.
>
> Hee Haa!
>
> Ted.
>
 
Ted L replied:

If that is the case in the UK, there are far too many differences in the broadcast structures comparing the US and the UK for that to be practical here... unless individual retailers were to take sets out of boxes and do so in each market.

With the ease of letting today's receiving devices search for active channels at the time of setup, it's really not necessary, there or here.





B Patrick wrote:

> I hear that in the UK television sets are pre-set
> to BBC1, BBC2, ITV, etc. Is this going to happen to
> American sets at some point?
>
>
Ted L had written:

> > To get around FCC rules requiring digital off-air tuners
> in
> > 36" and larger sets, some manufacturers are dropping any
> > kind of tuners altogether.
> >
> > The rules requiring the DTV tuners in larger television
> sets
> > take effect this Friday, July 1.
> >
> > That's the word today from Television Broadcast Editor
> > Micheal Silberglide who quotes Digital TV Design Online
> in
> > his daily "Two Minute Drill" audio news update.
> >
> > http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/TMD/two-minutedrill.mp3
>
> >
> > The sets mentioned are rear projection CRT designs.
> >
> > "Nutering" these devices will make them monitors,
> dependent
> > on set top boxes for something to display. (Have you tried
>
> > "setting" something on top of a plasma or LCD display?
> Maybe
> > we should coin another term.)
> >
> > Since most cable and satellite set top boxes don't include
>
> > provisions for analog or digital off-air tuning, how much
> of
> > an impact is this going to make in the progress of DTV?
> >
> > Maybe this will result in a variety of set-top off-air
> > analog/digital tuners being made for sale to consumers.
> >
> > Even if we don't spend thousands on a new HD-ready
> display,
> > we'd be able to receive DTV.
> >
> > Oh, if you're in a top 100 market, you might get better
> > reception from ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates' digital
> > stations on Friday.
> >
> > That's when they're required to energize maximum power
> > facilities if they haven't already done so.
> >
> > Hee Haa!
> >
> > Ted.
> >
>
 
The thing of the future both in the UK and the USA is the electronic program guide. In the UK a "gentleman's agreement" was reached where the EPG (and thus channel) allocations were alloted based on their current TV pre-set allocations - i.e. BBC 1 was allocated channel 1 on Freeview, and 101 on Sky. (lowest channel on Sky is 100 - the Customer Service channel). In the US I don't know how it is going to work out. Will a central EPG be available, listing each channel per present analog channel allocation? Or will there be many EPG's - each channel giving its own information and if they feel like it to give information for other channels?

In any case I am still waiting for the cheap (read: $50-$100) set top box that I can plug into my existing TV so that even though the picture won't be high-def, I will actually still see a clear digital picture. This I am sure will come about in the next couple of years, set top boxes are at $200 right now. I am sure that will come about. However, the other wish of mine - putting decent sub-channels on so that I can have more variety is probably a pipedream. UNC-TV have done the right thing - sub channels for kids, education, and local programming (and nothing but). Commercial stations having a "weather channel" is nice, but something more would be nicer too. How about CNN on the WB affiliate? MTV on the CBS affiliate? USA on NBC?

Mark.




> I hear that in the UK television sets are pre-set
> to BBC1, BBC2, ITV, etc. Is this going to happen to
> American sets at some point?
>
>
>
>
>
> > To get around FCC rules requiring digital off-air tuners
> in
> > 36" and larger sets, some manufacturers are dropping any
> > kind of tuners altogether.
> >
> > The rules requiring the DTV tuners in larger television
> sets
> > take effect this Friday, July 1.
> >
> > That's the word today from Television Broadcast Editor
> > Micheal Silberglide who quotes Digital TV Design Online
> in
> > his daily "Two Minute Drill" audio news update.
> >
> > http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/TMD/two-minutedrill.mp3
>
> >
> > The sets mentioned are rear projection CRT designs.
> >
> > "Nutering" these devices will make them monitors,
> dependent
> > on set top boxes for something to display. (Have you tried
>
> > "setting" something on top of a plasma or LCD display?
> Maybe
> > we should coin another term.)
> >
> > Since most cable and satellite set top boxes don't include
>
> > provisions for analog or digital off-air tuning, how much
> of
> > an impact is this going to make in the progress of DTV?
> >
> > Maybe this will result in a variety of set-top off-air
> > analog/digital tuners being made for sale to consumers.
> >
> > Even if we don't spend thousands on a new HD-ready
> display,
> > we'd be able to receive DTV.
> >
> > Oh, if you're in a top 100 market, you might get better
> > reception from ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates' digital
> > stations on Friday.
> >
> > That's when they're required to energize maximum power
> > facilities if they haven't already done so.
> >
> > Hee Haa!
> >
> > Ted.
> >
>
 
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