Re: France hits a Million OTA receivers

Bruce Tomlin <bruce#fanboy.net@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <st-dnRGsBvg5HhHenZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> "tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I think you forgot Canada. Anyway, do they make digital receivers that
> > are incapable of picking up HD signals or is it just that the signals
> > are not available?
>
> The point is that a certain person here refuses to admit that the cost
> differential of HDTV receivers in the United States is primarily due to
> being required to decode maximum resolution HD signals, and not due to
> the RF modulation method. Unless someone comes up with a clever
> workaround, receiving ATSC on a portable set with a crappy display still
> requires a full-resolution decode of a 720p/1080i MPEG signal, which
> will then be scaled down to the resolution of the actual display.
>
> The requirement to decode maximum resolution HD means more RAM and CPU
> power must be included in the box, which drives up the cost. As time
> goes by, and as mandates kick in to improve economies of scale, the cost
> of an ATSC tuner will go down.
>
> Clamining that SD tuners are selling well in Europe simply because of
> the choice of RF modulation, while ignoring the price differential of
> full HD decoding required in the United States, is a denial of reality.

Actually, it's more like lying and deceiving, but then that's our Bob!

Chip

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