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"MikeD-C05" wrote in message ... Well congress mandated we would all be on the metric system by the 1980's. You see that went no where. I don't see the analog being turned off until somewhere in the next decade. They should stop making ALL analog tvs NOW and then the transition would go faster. They also need cheap digital to analog converter boxes to help out the people who still have analog tvs. This would help make the transition easier. Why is no one mentioning part 2 of the congressional mandate? That 85% of the TV's in use be capable of receiving the new digital broadcasts before the analog licenses would be cancelled. THIS is the limiting factor, not the date. The question here is whether Powell and the FCC will rule that cable and satellite system connected TV's count in the total - if they do, then 2006 is a possibility, if not, it will be quite a while. |
"MikeD-C05" wrote in message ... Well congress mandated we would all be on the metric system by the 1980's. You see that went no where. I don't see the analog being turned off until somewhere in the next decade. They should stop making ALL analog tvs NOW and then the transition would go faster. They also need cheap digital to analog converter boxes to help out the people who still have analog tvs. This would help make the transition easier. HDTV's are still too expensive to totally replace analog TV's. Wait until they can sell a 30" HDTV for less than $300. I was looking at one recently. $800 is a bit more than I can afford right now. If my 27" analog set died today and I couldn't buy a new analog set, I'd probably have to go without a TV for a couple years. I recently bought a brand new 19" SVGA monitor for less than $200. The resolution is higher than HDTV. How much would it cost for the monitor industry to add the necessary inputs so that I could use an SVGA monitor as an HDTV monitor? I'm guessing less than $10 would be added to the cost of of new monitors. |
"MikeD-C05" wrote in message ... Well congress mandated we would all be on the metric system by the 1980's. You see that went no where. I don't see the analog being turned off until somewhere in the next decade. They should stop making ALL analog tvs NOW and then the transition would go faster. They also need cheap digital to analog converter boxes to help out the people who still have analog tvs. This would help make the transition easier. HDTV's are still too expensive to totally replace analog TV's. Wait until they can sell a 30" HDTV for less than $300. I was looking at one recently. $800 is a bit more than I can afford right now. If my 27" analog set died today and I couldn't buy a new analog set, I'd probably have to go without a TV for a couple years. I recently bought a brand new 19" SVGA monitor for less than $200. The resolution is higher than HDTV. How much would it cost for the monitor industry to add the necessary inputs so that I could use an SVGA monitor as an HDTV monitor? I'm guessing less than $10 would be added to the cost of of new monitors. |
hunkahunkaburninluv Wrote: I recently bought a brand new 19" SVGA monitor for less than $200. The resolution is higher than HDTV. How much would it cost for the monitor industry to add the necessary inputs so that I could use an SVGA monitor as an HDTV monitor? I'm guessing less than $10 would be added to the cost of of new monitors. There are plenty of ATSC tuner boxes with VGA outputs. But, they are still expensive, thus why I don't have one. -- Pepper |
hunkahunkaburninluv Wrote: I recently bought a brand new 19" SVGA monitor for less than $200. The resolution is higher than HDTV. How much would it cost for the monitor industry to add the necessary inputs so that I could use an SVGA monitor as an HDTV monitor? I'm guessing less than $10 would be added to the cost of of new monitors. There are plenty of ATSC tuner boxes with VGA outputs. But, they are still expensive, thus why I don't have one. -- Pepper |
"hunkahunkaburninluv" wrote:
"MikeD-C05" wrote in message ... Well congress mandated we would all be on the metric system by the 1980's. You see that went no where. I don't see the analog being turned off until somewhere in the next decade. They should stop making ALL analog tvs NOW and then the transition would go faster. They also need cheap digital to analog converter boxes to help out the people who still have analog tvs. This would help make the transition easier. HDTV's are still too expensive to totally replace analog TV's. Wait until they can sell a 30" HDTV for less than $300. I was looking at one recently. $800 is a bit more than I can afford right now. If my 27" analog set died today and I couldn't buy a new analog set, I'd probably have to go without a TV for a couple years. I recently bought a brand new 19" SVGA monitor for less than $200. The resolution is higher than HDTV. How much would it cost for the monitor industry to add the necessary inputs so that I could use an SVGA monitor as an HDTV monitor? I'm guessing less than $10 would be added to the cost of of new monitors. The televisions have to receive digital signals, not necessarily HD. Chip -- -------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ -------------------- Usenet Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB |
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"MikeD-C05" wrote in message ... Well congress mandated we would all be on the metric system by the 1980's. You see that went no where. I don't see the analog being turned off until somewhere in the next decade. They should stop making ALL analog tvs NOW and then the transition would go faster. They also need cheap digital to analog converter boxes to help out the people who still have analog tvs. This would help make the transition easier. HDTV's are still too expensive to totally replace analog TV's. Wait until they can sell a 30" HDTV for less than $300. I was looking at one recently. $800 is a bit more than I can afford right now. If my 27" analog set died today and I couldn't buy a new analog set, I'd probably have to go without a TV for a couple years. I recently bought a brand new 19" SVGA monitor for less than $200. The resolution is higher than HDTV. How much would it cost for the monitor industry to add the necessary inputs so that I could use an SVGA monitor as an HDTV monitor? I'm guessing less than $10 would be added to the cost of of new monitors. The televisions have to receive digital signals, not necessarily HD. Chip -- -------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ -------------------- Usenet Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB |
wrote in message ... "hunkahunkaburninluv" wrote: "MikeD-C05" wrote in message ... Well congress mandated we would all be on the metric system by the 1980's. You see that went no where. I don't see the analog being turned off until somewhere in the next decade. They should stop making ALL analog tvs NOW and then the transition would go faster. They also need cheap digital to analog converter boxes to help out the people who still have analog tvs. This would help make the transition easier. HDTV's are still too expensive to totally replace analog TV's. Wait until they can sell a 30" HDTV for less than $300. I was looking at one recently. $800 is a bit more than I can afford right now. If my 27" analog set died today and I couldn't buy a new analog set, I'd probably have to go without a TV for a couple years. I recently bought a brand new 19" SVGA monitor for less than $200. The resolution is higher than HDTV. How much would it cost for the monitor industry to add the necessary inputs so that I could use an SVGA monitor as an HDTV monitor? I'm guessing less than $10 would be added to the cost of of new monitors. The televisions have to receive digital signals, not necessarily HD. Chip How much would this add to the cost of a TV? I'd say do it if you can for less than $50. If not, wait. |
wrote in message ... "hunkahunkaburninluv" wrote: "MikeD-C05" wrote in message ... Well congress mandated we would all be on the metric system by the 1980's. You see that went no where. I don't see the analog being turned off until somewhere in the next decade. They should stop making ALL analog tvs NOW and then the transition would go faster. They also need cheap digital to analog converter boxes to help out the people who still have analog tvs. This would help make the transition easier. HDTV's are still too expensive to totally replace analog TV's. Wait until they can sell a 30" HDTV for less than $300. I was looking at one recently. $800 is a bit more than I can afford right now. If my 27" analog set died today and I couldn't buy a new analog set, I'd probably have to go without a TV for a couple years. I recently bought a brand new 19" SVGA monitor for less than $200. The resolution is higher than HDTV. How much would it cost for the monitor industry to add the necessary inputs so that I could use an SVGA monitor as an HDTV monitor? I'm guessing less than $10 would be added to the cost of of new monitors. The televisions have to receive digital signals, not necessarily HD. Chip How much would this add to the cost of a TV? I'd say do it if you can for less than $50. If not, wait. |
Randy Sweeney wrote: The question here is whether Powell and the FCC will rule that cable and satellite system connected TV's count in the total - if they do, then 2006 is a possibility, if not, it will be quite a while. Randy, Precisely! And as you apparently know, this change is under consideration. What I have seen suggested is that with this change in counting sets able to view a digital signal by either cable or sat it still likely would move the date of compliance out about two years. Jerry |
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