I refuse to get a digital tv ever since seeing that study that DTV was addictive
(literally, physically addictive). I refuse to be more addicted than I am already. If
worse comes to worse, I will simply swear it off altogether (and I can ...)
Judith
> This is interesting because it's almost a
> But are the digital spectra the same as the analog or in a different
> frequency range?
There were some plans to recover some spectrum that was allocated for some
channels, but it conflicts with some DTV uses that could still exist. Like
anything that is politically motivated, there's an icebe
Kevin Graeme wrote:
>
> Look at the floating elephant! Hell, with all the changes I don't really
> know anymore. Congress and the FCC have said a lot of things, and most of it
> sounds like a lot of possibilities and little practicalities. I just know
> that analog was 6MHz and stations are getti
> Didn't the FCC promise that analog spectrum to 3G providers already? I
> thought that is what the big push was all about.
Look at the floating elephant! Hell, with all the changes I don't really
know anymore. Congress and the FCC have said a lot of things, and most of it
sounds like a lot of po
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:57 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
> >
> >
> > Kevin-
> >
> > you said "Imagine the ultimate push technology.
> > Guaranteed 1Mbps+ trans
57 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
>
>
> Kevin-
>
> you said "Imagine the ultimate push technology.
> Guaranteed 1Mbps+ transfer to hundreds of thousands of
> receivers simultaneously."
>
> "We will control
Kevin Graeme wrote:
> Yes, though I'm starting to get past my personal knowledge. There was quite
> a hubbub about the costs and the FCC basically gave existing license owners
> that already had spectrum free digital spectrum for overlap on the condition
> that the previous (analog) spectrum alloc
Kevin-
you said "Imagine the ultimate push technology.
Guaranteed 1Mbps+ transfer to hundreds of thousands of
receivers simultaneously."
"We will control the horizontal. We will control the
vertical."
-The Outer Limits
-Ben
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> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 4:42 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
>
>
> My point was that the more efficient argument is a red-herring. Stations
> have 6MHz for analog and will have 6MHz for digi
Quoting Kevin Gilchrist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Interesting. Any ideas if the government had to throw the TV
> companies a bone for forcing them into the cost of new infrstructure?
Don't know about the US, but I was on the IBC last week and spoke to
some people from the EBU about the rollout
20, 2002 2:13 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
>
>
> My apologies -- I never intended to imply that the US gov't was being
> altruistic. Believe me, it was the furthest thing from my mind. :-)
>
>
>
>
CF-Community
> Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
>
>
> My apologies -- I never intended to imply that the US gov't was being
> altruistic. Believe me, it was the furthest thing from my mind. :-)
>
>
>
> --Ben Doom
> Programmer &am
ke tivo?
>
>
> >>-Original Message-
> >>From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:28 PM
> >>To: CF-Community
> >>Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
> >>
> >>
bject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
>
>
> This is interesting because it's almost a reversal of recent FCC moves.
>
> Rough order of events:
> - Congress mandates DTV by 2003. Analog will be cut off in 2006.
> - Companies complain. Digital TV&
-
> > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:03 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
> >
> >
> > Gee, there goes the new analog TV I just bought
> >
> >
x27;s why I don't see the anti-analog-out part of this bill being upheld.
Kevin Graeme
> -Original Message-
> From: Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:57 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: US Government might
My apologies -- I never intended to imply that the US gov't was being
altruistic. Believe me, it was the furthest thing from my mind. :-)
--Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software
: Well that's the pitch. However, I can tell you from slightly inside the
: industry tha
eme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:28 PM
>>To: CF-Community
>>Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
>>
>>Those have been available. Basically, the DTV decoder box has a S-Video
>>output that you can plug
nal 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 box
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Subject: MICROSOFT WAS RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
> Hey, isn't this kinda like Microsoft oferring certain things on NEW OSes
> that won't work on
That's the plan, there are analog tv's already available that have
these converters installed.
--
jon
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Friday, September 20, 2002, 2:32:22 PM, you wrote:
bac> How much you wanna bet they offer set-top digital-to-
bac> analog converter boxes - at a suitable cost, of cou
ubject: 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 [m
current tuners obsolete because they can't pass the encrypted signal to the
screen.
Kevin Graeme
> -Original Message-
> From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:03 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: US Government might make
n Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:16 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
>
>
> The big push is because of wireless bandwidth. Analog TV takes up a huge
> swath of it in "prime real estate.&q
I guess Congress is keen to kick everyone off the analog bandwidth so
they can auction it ASAP.
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:14 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:
yea then the Gvt can sell the rights to the freed up Frequencies to Phone
and other Services.
You can fit i think it was 6 digital channels in the same space as 1 analog
channel so they will free up alot of frequencies to sell to make alot of
money :)
Umm if the govt's gonna be able to make all t
's not just the electronics industry paying for this. :-j
--Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software
: -Original Message-
: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:02 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: Re: US Governm
All your TVs are belong to us.
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006
> how much are they (the electronics i
This is interesting because it's almost a reversal of recent FCC moves.
Rough order of events:
- Congress mandates DTV by 2003. Analog will be cut off in 2006.
- Companies complain. Digital TV's ludicrously expensive.
- Congress mandates DTV broadcasts by 2006. Some stations analog cut off if
the
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. law
how much are they (the electronics industry) paying
Tauzin??
> 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-protecte
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