will all current tv sets become obsolete?
 

In Lee Lindquist
wrote:

On 28 Sep 2006 17:33:43 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

"ATSC: An acronym for Advanced Television Systems Committee, and the
name of the DTV system used by broadcasters in the U.S."

Pet peeve: It's initialism, not an acronym.

That came from a government Web site, so it's Guaranteed Correct.

...unless someone pronounces it 'atsssk'

Obviously, you're now required to do so.

It's for your own good.

Do it for the children.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

will all current tv sets become obsolete?
 

Lee Lindquist wrote:
On 28 Sep 2006 17:33:43 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

"ATSC: An acronym for Advanced Television Systems Committee, and
the name of the DTV system used by broadcasters in the U.S."

Pet peeve: It's initialism, not an acronym.

...unless someone pronounces it 'atsssk'


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acronym

ac‧ro‧nym  /ˈækrənɪm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled
Pronunciation[ak-ruh-nim] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters
of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army
Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or
loran from long-range navigation. 2. an acrostic. –verb (used with
object) 3. to make an acronym of: The committee's name has been
acronymed MIKE

See also:

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=atsc&Find=find&string=exact

Matthew

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will all current tv sets become obsolete?
 

Mark Crispin wrote:
On Mon, 3 Oct 2006, wrote:
Where are your facts? Please post them with a link to back them up, if
you can.

He has no facts.

Either he's a Bob Miller sock puppet, or he's some high school kid
posting from his mommy's computer. Either way, he's not very intelligent.

He also seems to think that all those SDTVs won't be able to display HD
content. That is the only reason for him to keep saying that only a tiny
percentage of people will watch HD content. He clearly doesn't know that
all SDTVs will downconvert HD to SD.

Matthew

--
Thermodynamics and/or Golf for dummies: There is a game
You can't win
You can't break even
You can't get out of the game