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NeeBick:

I saw this on Slashdot and thought it was relevant for the community.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050609/D8AK50QG0.html

It seems that FCC has moved the mandated transition to digital tv up to March 1, 2006 on 25''-36'' tv's.  Hopefully this means that excess stock of analog only tv's will be sold at a bargain (in the US).

I think I might be building another cab in a year...

Veinman:

I'm sure the arcade monitor manufacturers are evilly rubbing their hands together in anticipation. ;D

MonitorGuru:

> "evilly rubbing their hands"

You're implying something unrelated (implying arcade monitor manufacturers making boatloads of money because standard definition tubes will no longer be made)


Analog TV's will simply have their tuner circuits replaced with digital tuners. You will receive digital signals but it will downconvert to the quality of the tube.. in other words SDTV (standard definition).

This is not a mandate to replace SDTV with HDTV tubes...    They will still make entry level sets with 340 lines of horizontal resolution, fully compatible with arcade chassis/replacement chassis like they are now.

Yes, over time, more and more TV's will be sold with HDTV tubes, and the tube itself will have less demand when everyone is going with front or rear projection, DLP, LCD or Plasma sets.

But until EVERY device is required to have EDTV (852 horizontal lines) or HDTV (1024), the standard CRT tubes of today will still be around, though in a shrinking amount.


sc1103:

Since CRT will fall to the wayside eventually, won't that mean the Act-Labs guns will slowly become more incompatible with newer TVs?

paigeoliver:

Transition to digital is going to take well over a decade. Average people, (not techies), tend to buy medium size tvs and run them for 15 years until they need a cap kit at which point they buy another one. Unless everyone in America magically buys a new set then it will be 10 years before that 85 percent saturation point is reached, perhaps longer, since falling prices on standard sets in the last few years have meant that a HUGE number of people have just purchased new 33-36" standard sets. I know I personally bought a 33" one last year.

Projection TVs are a small percentage of the market, LCD and plasma sets even a tiner percentage of the market. It doesn't matter how much shelf space Best Buy dedicates to them, Joe average isn't buying them, Jane average REALLY isn't buying them, and Grandma and Grampa average will NEVER buy them.

The fanciest TV I have ever actually seen in someone's house is a 36" Sony WEGA (standard set). I was with my friend when he bought it 5 years ago, and even back THEN they were saying that it would all be digital next year.

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