2006 end of NTSC broadcasts?

"MikeD-C05" wrote in message
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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

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"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

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"hunkahunkaburninluv" wrote:
"MikeD-C05" wrote in message
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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.

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"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