Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/26/05 16:15

"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Richard Crowley wrote:
>> framexframe wrote ...
>>
>>> ok, so what will the new NTSC be anyway? isnt that why this thread
>>> is
>>> here?
>>>
>>> today for stardard def, 4:3 aspect, it is 640x480 (or 720 for 16:9),
>>> 60
>>> fields, 29.97 fps. what will the new standard me in 2008, when ntsc
>>> changes to hi def and makes all "square" tv's obsolete?!!
>>
>>
>> By May, 2006, the FCC has mandated that all TV broadcasters
>> broadcast DTV. This is *not necessarily* the same as HD TV.
>> Remember that there are several DTV and several more HDTV
>> standards.
>
> Also (correct me if I'm wrong) that "mandate" does not apply to
> local cable access television.

Cable companies are not "broadcasters". They generallly
don't originate program material and they don't use radio
frequency spectrum. They have their own (different)
rules that the FCC enforces.

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