Pffft: Doesn't anybody remember Visicorp?

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legion wrote:
Am I the only one who sees this?

So, what are you planning to do with your TV that can't handle Digital TV broadcasts when NTSC goes off the air?  I'm not saying that the STB Genesi is producing can make the conversion but, it's not outside the realm of possibility.  Seems to me all it would take is a bit o' software and a different tuner since it's already going to handle digital satalitte reception.

Would you rather spend $500+ on a new TV or $150-$200, maybe less or nothing if it's from your cable company, on a box that lets your TV "keep up"?  I don't know about your area but, here in KC, Time Warner is pushing digital cable hard.  I suspect they'll drop NTSC programming on the network as soon as the FCC sunsets NTSC transmission.

I know which option I can afford since my EET degree will be worthless once I have it.

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legion wrote:
How exactly is a simple STB going to allow your TV to 'keep up.'
 :-?

By decoding the broadcast digital video and sound(ATSC), then down-converting(if needed) to NTSC resolution and modulating it so your non-digital TV can display it.  Small-dish satalite (DirectTV, Dish Netowrk, ect.) are already transmitting a digital signal.  The box you get when you sign up for those services is already doing what I just described altho thier encoding scheme is proprietary.  Visit HERE for an overview of an ASTC/NTSC converter referenece design.  Note the presence of a PPC host CPU.