[BC] An HD Tuner for $110

[Robert Meuser]

no Willie

Most people do not need a tuner for HDTV. The cable company does it all for you,

R

WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/23/2005 3:05:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> Robertm at broadcast.net writes:
> 
> 
>>To me any set that is HDTV ready IS an HDTV set.
> 
> 
> Not necessarily. Many times, you'll see a little asterisk after "HDTV Ready* "
> Then, in some inconspicuous spot, in small print, " * External tuner 
> required."
> 
> It's like my wife's new car stereo, which says "XM Satellite readio ready * "
> It's "ready" for you to plug an XM radio system into it's L & R phono jacks.
> 
> It's like those computer speakers with 4" drivers, powered by a 15v 800ma 
> "wall wart" claiming "120 Watts P.M.P.O."
> In reality, you'd only see 120 watts with an o'scope across a .1 ohm 
> resistor, right at the PC board's speaker terminals, for one half of one cycle of 
> 1khz. That would sufficiently discharge the capacitor in the power supply that 
> you'd have to wait a few milliseconds before you could get another 120 watt spike 
> out of the thing.
> 
> Willie...
> 
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