Posted by Jeff Rife on 12/16/05 15:14

David Levy (d_levy@lifeisunfair.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > For now, it's not as important for *all* TVs to have ATSC
> > tuners...sets under 15" come to mind, but all TVs that display at
> > HD resolutions *and* have any tuner should have them *now* (and
> > *should* have had them two years ago).
>
> Is that a "yes"?

The vast majority of large sets sold *are* HDTV-ready (at the very least),
so the point is moot. Anything large with a tuner should have an ATSC
tuner.

> > In general, the feature sets are about the same in reality, you
> > just get a couple of extra things that aren't really a big deal
> > (like a universal remote instead of a more dedicated one) today.
> > Many of them are silly, though (flash card readers to display
> > photos, digital audio *inputs*, FireWire *outputs* so you can
> > record from your TV to a D-VHS VCR, etc.),
>
> While certainly not among a typical consumer's top priorities, I don't
> see how any of those features are silly.

Your TV needs a digital audio input? How does it deal with DTS without
having a DTS decoder (none do, because they don't need it for OTA)?

As for FireWire outputs, how often do you record something by tuning your
TV to the correct channel and using a VCR to record the output from the
TV?

The flash card reader part is equally silly, since most vendors only
supports one type of card (either they have a true vested interest like
Sony, or they have made deals). So, if the camera you own uses the wrong
type of card, it's a useless and silly feature.

> And of course, you haven't addressed the 8% inflation experienced
> between 2001 and 2005.

For one that, because that's an average, not electronics specific.

> > That's pretty much a "closeout deal"...i.e., a very special set of
> > circumstances that lowered the cost of the set by nearly 10%.
>
> That isn't the definition of the word "closeout."

I never said it was. I said "closeout deal"...a deal that is as if the
product is being closed out.

> Samsung's model TX-R2765 (the 27" 4:3 HDTV monitor that I purchased)
> displays 480p.

Yes, it accepts 480p. Unless you have access to the interior of the
hardware, there is no way to know how it displays it. Likewise, there is
no way to know how it displays any other mode.

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