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In Reply to: Why don't HDTV TV's have HDTV Tuners? posted by Todd R on April 7, 2002 at 17:48:52:
We're in the U.S., re this disucssion--Digital TV broadcasting is just beginning -- and it won't necessarily be HDTV. PBS and some broadcast nets do some HDTV broadcasts, but digital broadcasting allows for the possibility that a single broadcast channel can be used to transmit several programs -- as long as they aren't HDTV.
The second problem is that the modulation system chosen for digital broadcasting is different from the one chosen for digital cable. So, even if you have a digital tuner; it will not work with digital cable. You will need another box. Right now, digital cable is not HDTV and cable is not -- in most markets -- carrying local digital broadcast signals.
DirecTV also is digital but not HDTV, although DirecTV now offers some HDTV signals from HBO. I don't know you if you pay a higher subscription rate for HDTV from DirecTV, but you do need a different box and a different dish (because you need to look at two satellites to get HDTV).
So, the bottom line is that, for some folks, a digital tuner isn't worth the money and may be rendered superfluous if the customer buys DirecTV or cable.
That said, having seen both on a high-quality plasma display, true HDTV (as is being broadcast sometimes by PBS and, I think, CBS) is much, much more impressive than line-doubled DVD playback.
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