will all current tv sets become obsolete?

If I purchase a tv set today that does NOT contain a HDTV tuner and
does NOT say ready for HDTV, will I be able to use it when the FCC says
that it is mandatory for all tv stations to broadcast only in HDTV?
Would converters be available should this happen?

all opinions, info, etc. welcomed!

Aaron

The law, as this NG understands it is that HD is NOT required--only digital
transmission. So all analog sets without digital tuners will fail on over the
air transmissions. BUT if a TV has analog inputs (3 RCA jacks yellow-red-white)
AND the input source (i.e. satellite, cable) set top box has similar outputs,
then the TV will continue to function. a "ready for HDTV" television has no
tuner anyway--requires an external tuner (i.e. satellite or cable box)
Hope that helps!

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If I purchase a tv set today that does NOT contain a HDTV tuner and
does NOT say ready for HDTV, will I be able to use it when the FCC says
that it is mandatory for all tv stations to broadcast only in HDTV?
Would converters be available should this happen?

all opinions, info, etc. welcomed!

Aaron




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wrote in message
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If I purchase a tv set today that does NOT contain a HDTV tuner and
does NOT say ready for HDTV, will I be able to use it when the FCC says
that it is mandatory for all tv stations to broadcast only in HDTV?
Would converters be available should this happen?

all opinions, info, etc. welcomed!

Aaron

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:53:58 -0700, wrote:

If I purchase a tv set today that does NOT contain a HDTV tuner and
does NOT say ready for HDTV, will I be able to use it when the FCC says
that it is mandatory for all tv stations to broadcast only in HDTV?
Would converters be available should this happen?

It will never be outdated as long as it works. When NTSC goes away,
you'll just need an external tuner for OTA ATSC (HD or SD). I watch OTA
HDTV broadcast now on my old 32" NTSC set. And it looks very good. A heck
of a lot better than NTSC ever was. There are converters now, and have
been some for years. But they have quit making a lot of them and they are
expensive. If you want ATSC now you'd be better off just buying a new set
I think. A new SD TV with a built in digital tuner can be had for about
$250. And you'd pay almost that much or more for just the tuner in a box.
Rediculous, but that's the way it is. And I doubt you'd want to buy a new
TV without a digital tuner unless you have an external source for it.

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On 26 Sep 2006 14:53:58 -0700, "
wrote:

If I purchase a tv set today that does NOT contain a HDTV tuner and
does NOT say ready for HDTV, will I be able to use it when the FCC says
that it is mandatory for all tv stations to broadcast only in HDTV?
Would converters be available should this happen?

It needs an "ATSC" tuner which gets digital, which can be
low-resolution. I think pretty much all the sets available today have
this, maybe it's the law???

HDTV is a separate issue.

J.

In "Elmo P.
Shagnasty" wrote:

In article . com,
" wrote:

If I purchase a tv set today that does NOT contain a HDTV tuner and
does NOT say ready for HDTV, will I be able to use it when the FCC
says that it is mandatory for all tv stations to broadcast only in
HDTV?

I'm sorry. The FCC that I know of is only for the United States of
America, and there's no mandate for HDTV or HDTV tuners.

But there is a requirement that all over-the-air TV stations in the US
switch to "digital" broadcasts by Feb. 18, 2009.

By March 2007, all TVs sold in the US must have built-in digital tuners.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

In "Elmo P.
Shagnasty" wrote:

In article ,
Bert Hyman wrote:

I'm sorry. The FCC that I know of is only for the United States of
America, and there's no mandate for HDTV or HDTV tuners.

But there is a requirement that all over-the-air TV stations in the US
switch to "digital" broadcasts by Feb. 18, 2009.

By March 2007, all TVs sold in the US must have built-in digital
tuners.

That's right.

And that has nothing to do with HDTV.

Why did I just -know that was going to be your angle?

Wouldn't it have been simpler, not to mention more civil, to simply
correct the posters apparent confusion about digital vs. HD TV and go from
there?

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

wrote in message
ups.com...
If I purchase a tv set today that does NOT contain a HDTV tuner and
does NOT say ready for HDTV, will I be able to use it when the FCC says
that it is mandatory for all tv stations to broadcast only in HDTV?
Would converters be available should this happen?

all opinions, info, etc. welcomed!

Aaron

ATSC receivers / converters will be available and subsidized by the
government... but there may be strings attached.

Cable and Sat TV will continue to work with conventional TV's for the
foreseeable future - though the number of analog cable channels that your
old tv can watch w/o a box will probably decrease over time.

Bert Hyman wrote:
In "Elmo P.
Shagnasty" wrote:

In article . com,
" wrote:

If I purchase a tv set today that does NOT contain a HDTV tuner and
does NOT say ready for HDTV, will I be able to use it when the FCC
says that it is mandatory for all tv stations to broadcast only in
HDTV?
I'm sorry. The FCC that I know of is only for the United States of
America, and there's no mandate for HDTV or HDTV tuners.

But there is a requirement that all over-the-air TV stations in the US
switch to "digital" broadcasts by Feb. 18, 2009.

By March 2007, all TVs sold in the US must have built-in digital tuners.

And a day after the transition no TV sold needs an NTSC tuner and if it
doesn't have an NTSC tuner it isn't required to have an ATSC tuner. The
mandate ceases to have any meaning.

You will either buy an SD or HDTV set that includes an ATSC tuner or a
monitor but the FCC mandate will be history.

Bob Miller

(Richard C.) wrote in
:

"JXStern" wrote in message

It needs an "ATSC" tuner which gets digital, which can be
low-resolution. I think pretty much all the sets available today
have this, maybe it's the law???

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Many do not.


The US regulatory deadline hasn't arrived yet.

The date has been pushed back at least once already, but the FCC is
saying "this time, we mean it."

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |