Re: Something for the season

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:14:33 +0000 (GMT),
"David G. Bell" <dbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tuesday, in article <u42lv4xqjg.ln2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
archmage@xxxxxxxxxx "Nate Edel" wrote:

Marilee J. Layman <marilee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 29 Oct 2007 21:56:31 -0400, "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Warning: (Analog TVs are scheduled to become so much scrap metal in a
little over a year.)

Not true. You can buy a converter box:

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html

Is anyone actually selling the set-top boxes yet? I'd forgotten about the
federal rebate program for them, but have a feeling that the $40 isn't going
to go very far.

We've had them in the UK for quite a while. Current retail pricing is
getting under $60 equivalent. PAL, of course, and we have the advantage
of Peritel/SCART for the connection to the TV.

I think Tesco is flogging a freeview box for a tenner so that is
equivalent to $20. As the UK systems have digital teletext and a
digital program guide (of sorts) they may well be more complex than
the proposed US versions as well. If the US seriously starts
buying conversion boxes (rather than new tellies) I would be surprised
if they couldn't get their prices down to a similar level.

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Andy Leighton => andyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_
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