Re: Will there be "portable" ASTC TVs by 2009 to fill the void left by non-functioning NTSC receivers?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:22:38 GMT Wes Newell <w.newell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:09:49 +0000, phil-news-nospam wrote:
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|> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:07:27 GMT BeatlePhanatic <me@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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|> | 2) The prices will still be a lot higher than an equiv. portable NTSC TV
|> | because they're so new to the market. (i.e. corporate foot dragging)
|> | (you can get a portable NTSC B&W TV for $20 now at Walgreens.
|> | Will there be even a $40 Atsc TV within 5 years? I doubt it.) 3) I think
|> | they're going to delay "the great NTSC shut-off" due to a lack of
|> | cooperation from the manufacturers.
|>
|> The ATSC chipsets cost more than some of these TVs.
|>
| That's just FUD you've heard, Actually, a combo ATSC/NTSC tuner chip cost
| about $3. microtune.com

Nice. So a 2nd tuner in the TV with a 2nd RF input would add $3 to the
cost, plus the other parts to interface with it, etc (guessing $10 at
most). Oh, but that's too much to add to a big screen TV to add a 2nd
RF input. Of course with big screen TV, that will need to include QAM
(something not important for a portable).

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