Re: FCC Orders All TV's To Have Digital Tuners By 2007

[Larry Weil <kc1ih@mac.com>]

At 04:58 PM 8/9/02 -0400, Ben Gore wrote:

>I vote for manufacturers to produce generic monitors with no built in receiver
>which they can use to interface through standard digital AND analog inputs 
>to a
>variety of sources - computers, DVD players, VHS VCRs, etc. The consumer 
>can then
>"plug in" the appropriate reciver/converter/whatever is needed to receive the
>wanted signal. Nowadays, what's 1 more "box" plugged in in the living room?

This could work for the living room TV, but what about the portable used in 
the kitchen or the bedroom or taken camping?  Too klutzy, and again 
something that would confuse the average consumer.
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Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH