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A CNN article details concerns by major retailers about keeping up with demand for HDTV tuners as the DTV transition approaches. Best Buy Inc.’s chief executive (Brad Anderson) said Tuesday that he is “very nervous” about being able to supply customers with the millions of digital TV converter boxes needed ahead of the shutdown of … Read more
Johnathan Davis over at the International Business Times wrote an interesting article about the firmness of the FCC’s February 17, 2009 for the Big Switch to DTV. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is quoted as saying that the deadline for the switch is a “hard deadline”. Mr. Martin further explained that a firm deadline was important … Read more
According to their press release, EchoStar plans new HD digital TV converter boxes that would sell for $39.99. Using the free $40 off coupons offered through the TV Converter Box Coupon Program, these set-top-box tuners would be free (except any sale tax). This should help the poor and the elderly with The Big Switch. <begin … Read more
The Hitachi press conference at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show began with the company’s president discussing the importance of research and development as a competitive edge in the cutthroat business of … Read full story
Late yesterday afternoon, I sat down with Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin to talk about a a couple of perennial CES topics — the digital-TV transition and “openness,” the idea that a product shouldn’t be tied to any one company’s service… Read full story By Rob Pegoraro