Re: France hits a Million OTA receivers

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.
.

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