Wednesday, July 20, 2005
New TVs Don’t Meet FCC Test - Digital tuners still aren’t prevalent despite mandate from the FCC.
In spite of an FCC order that digital tuners be included in all large television sets and half of all midsize sets by July 1, the majority of such sets offered by retailers still do not include them.
Of the sets for sale on the web site of the electronics retailer Best Buy on Tuesday, 33 percent included tuners capable of receiving digital broadcasts. Circuit City's online percentage of digital sets was 44 percent, according to a survey of the two leading electronics retailers conducted by National Journal's Technology Daily.
The FCC mandated that electronics companies build digital tuners into progressively smaller sets. On July 1, 2004, 50 percent of all sets 36 inches and higher needed tuners. On July 1, 2005, 100 percent of those sets and 50 percent of sets 25 inches to 35 inches were to have tuners. ...
Red Herring
Of the sets for sale on the web site of the electronics retailer Best Buy on Tuesday, 33 percent included tuners capable of receiving digital broadcasts. Circuit City's online percentage of digital sets was 44 percent, according to a survey of the two leading electronics retailers conducted by National Journal's Technology Daily.
The FCC mandated that electronics companies build digital tuners into progressively smaller sets. On July 1, 2004, 50 percent of all sets 36 inches and higher needed tuners. On July 1, 2005, 100 percent of those sets and 50 percent of sets 25 inches to 35 inches were to have tuners. ...
Red Herring
# posted by Lynn Wegley @ 11:45 AM 
