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The House hearing this Thursday on "The Role of Technology in Achieving
a Hard Deadline for the DTV Transition" will have very strong ammunition
to use in holding to the 2006 deadline that Joe Barton wants.
http/energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/02172005hearing1435/hearing.htm
Most people suggest that his 2006 deadline is his playing bad cop to
Powell and Ferree's plan for 2009 which is more realistic. But I have
been told that LG will testify that they will have stand alone ATSC to
analog receiver converters for sale for $50 by the 2006 deadline if the
deadline is upheld. Specifically NOT the cost of integrated receivers
but STAND ALONE receivers when I further questioned the source.
The next question to LG is why not a decently priced 5th generation
receiver now or in the near future. Why are we always waiting for
another few years? If this is true I think the 2006 deadline is very real.
On the other hand this cements the US in as a 2nd world country. It
would be far better to scrap both 8-VSB and MPEG2 and follow the French
or Chinese into an MPEG4 AVC DMB-T or DVB-T world.
Bob Miller
The House hearing this Thursday on "The Role of Technology in Achieving
a Hard Deadline for the DTV Transition" will have very strong ammunition
to use in holding to the 2006 deadline that Joe Barton wants.
http/energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/02172005hearing1435/hearing.htm
Most people suggest that his 2006 deadline is his playing bad cop to
Powell and Ferree's plan for 2009 which is more realistic. But I have
been told that LG will testify that they will have stand alone ATSC to
analog receiver converters for sale for $50 by the 2006 deadline if the
deadline is upheld. Specifically NOT the cost of integrated receivers
but STAND ALONE receivers when I further questioned the source.
The next question to LG is why not a decently priced 5th generation
receiver now or in the near future. Why are we always waiting for
another few years? If this is true I think the 2006 deadline is very real.
On the other hand this cements the US in as a 2nd world country. It
would be far better to scrap both 8-VSB and MPEG2 and follow the French
or Chinese into an MPEG4 AVC DMB-T or DVB-T world.
Bob Miller