On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:16:12 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Freeman) wrote: > > Analog is the word there. :-) I was referring to HD TV via > > DirecTV. And unfortionatly, the only solution which is coming out for > > this is lead by Microsoft in a Microsoft/DirecTV partnership. > > I continue to thank the gods that TV has nothing worth watching which > also benefits from HD. Of course, they'll eventually stop broadcasting > NTSC format video at all, and then I'll be screwed.
Eventually? Try February 2009: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television_in_the_United_States#Analog_shutoff_process Interestingly enough, AFAICT nothing about this law actually requires that the cable companies stop offering an analog tier on their systems (one that would still work with legacy NTSC-only sets and without a converter box), they would just have to convert the digital broadcast signal to analog on their own, before putting it on the wire (or get it directly from the broadcasters in some non-OTA manner, I suppose). It only ensures that OTA stations will no longer be permitted to broadcast such a signal themselves for direct reception by such legacy TV sets. -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDV2007.0/MDK9.0 "You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into." -- Mark Twain _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
