Posted by Jim Reid on 12/26/82 11:29

>>Analog tuners should always be included by default simply because there's no telling when all the networks will switch to digital signals.<<

Yes we do. There's a government mandated date when analog transmission
ends. Because congress doessn't want to piss off Joe Sixpack, it's
already been slid back twice, but one day it'll get here and then when
you turn on your analog set, all there will be is snow.


>>Likewise, HDTV should always remain compatible with older analog devices like VCR's and Laserdisc players. Flexibility is imperative to customer satisfaction.People are going to want sets that can handle all of their needs.<<

The problem here is that if it's compatable with analog, it will not be
true Digital HD, It'll be some bastardized near-HD. We are already
behind the rest of the world, and need to get this analog NTSC monkey
off our back, as painful as it will be.

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