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In Reply to: What the hell is going on!?!?!? posted by twizardt on September 10, 2002 at 18:16:33:
The new 34XBR is nearly identical to last year's 34XBR model, except it doesn't have the onboard ATSC tuner and thus is $1000 CHEAPER. It also has the new version DRC scaler which is said to be much better than the older DRC doublers (fewer artifacts). It has the DVI with copy protection as well, I believe. (Any direct view HDTV is too small to display "true" HDTV anyway.)The reason Sony took out the tuner is twofold: A) It makes the set much more affordable and able to compete with its own and other 4:3 36" HD direct views, not to mention the many affordable 16:9 HD RPs, and B) Most people into HD already have (or are planning to buy) separate set top boxes which include Direct TV/Dish capability as well as OTA ATSC. These boxes are well under $1000, and the onboard tuner merely duplicates what some people already have. Since sat offers more HDTV than any other source, most HDTV buyers are buying the STBs that fit their needs best. These folks are going to have to get a STB for sat/cable which has OTA anyway, they don't really need an onboard OTA HD tuner.
The 34XBR with ATSC OTA tuner is still available. If you want to go that route, you still can.
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