[BC] An HD Tuner for $110

[Robert Meuser]

and why should they charge more? they are delivering HD AND SD for stations now.

DANA PUOPOLO wrote:
> Really?
> 
> Why the HELL is Congress sticking their noses in where they have no business?
> 
> Oh wait - I forgot - Congress shills for the movie industry!
> 
> Never mind!
> 
> -D
> 
> PS: Just wait until Joe Consumer finds out how cable is going to be charging
> them more for what they now get cheap thanks to Congress. I can count the
> seconds before this law gets changed back!
> 
> 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:03:34 AM PST
> From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
> To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] An HD Tuner for $110
> 
> No
> 
> Congress just passed a law that prevents them from down converting.
> 
> R
> 
> 
> DANA PUOPOLO wrote:
> 
> 
>>Yes, but the cable companies will all be converting HDTV to NTSC for their
>>basic customers. There are simply too many out there to lose that revenue
>>stream.
>>
>>-D
>>
>>
>>
>>------ Original Message ------
>>Received: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:41:57 PM PST
>>From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
>>To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>>Subject: Re: [BC] An HD Tuner for $110
>>
>>I forgot to add that if you only have analog service, you will never get
> 
> HDTV.
> 
>>The cable companies remodulate it from 8VSB to 256 QAM. You need  a cable
>>ready 
>>tuner with a cable card (you pay the cable company extra for that)    OR you
> 
> 
>>just get their box.
>>
>>R
>>
>>WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
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>>
>>
>>>In a message dated 12/23/2005 9:28:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>>>Robertm at broadcast.net writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>>no Willie
>>>>
>>>>Most people do not need a tuner for HDTV. The cable company does it all 
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>
>>>for 
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>>you,
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>
>>>That's *if* they have you shelling-out for one of their boxes. We use our 
>>>"Cable-Ready" TV & VCR to get all of the analog channels. (About 80-90 of
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>them.) 
>> 
>>
>>
>>>We've seen what they offer on the digital tiers, and there's nothing there 
>>>that we want, that we don't already have in analog. When analog "goes
> 
> away",
> 
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>then 
>> 
>>
>>
>>>we'll be forced to get a box. Until then, we save about $20 a month. It's 
>>>money in the bank... literally.
>>>
>>>Willie...
>>>
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