Those have been available. Basically, the DTV decoder box has a S-Video output that you can plug into an analog TV.
The whole point of this proposal is to kill those boxes because you can just as easily plug them into a VCR and record something. Oohh gosh golly. Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 > > > How much you wanna bet they offer set-top digital-to- > analog converter boxes - at a suitable cost, of course... > > -Ben > > > Gee, there goes the new analog TV I just bought > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:54 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 > > > > > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/810360.asp?0dm=C15LT > > > > U.S. lawmakers are working on an effort that would render standard > > televisions and VCRs obsolete within five years by > > requiring broadcasters to switch to digital, copy-protected signals. A > > proposal released Thursday by Rep. Billy Tauzin, > > chairman of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, > > would require broadcasters to transmit digital > > signals by the beginning of 2006, and require them to cease > standard, analog > > broadcasts by the end of that year. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
