There is no FCC mandate of HDTV content. The FCC has asked nicely, with a cherry on top, that broadcasters produce and deploy HDTV in hopes that the 15% of the US population that currently receives their TV content from NTSC broadcasts would go out and get a shiny new digital TV that can recieve and decode the mandated ATSC digital broadcast signal and the HDTV feature in supposed to entice that portion of the population to do so.
Note: Those broadcasts are not required to be HDTV. They can be SDTV (480 interleaved @ 30fps) like current NTSC signals. EDTV (commonly 480 progressive @ 30fps) or HDTV (720p@60fps or 1080i@30fps). The broadcasters can choose to transmit 4 or 5 SDTV streams or one HDTV stream on their bandwidth allocation. It's their choice.
The FCC has mandated a transition to ATSC from NTSC. The FCC has mandated ATSC tuners in television sets for sale in the US. The FCC has NOT mandated HDTV.
These students can download or stream music, television and movies (presumably fairly recent releases in a VOD arrangement) for $5 a month? And I'm paying $70 a month for my DSS service which has nothing on demand? And it's legal?
This begs a few observations:
There is no way this service will make it into the real world at this price.
or
This service is not legal.
or
My rectum problems are NOT due to a lack of fiber in my diet.
Halliburton, Bechtel and General Electric have signed a multi-billion dollar deal to refrigerate the waters of Lake Ontario.
The temperature of the lake has inexplicably begun to rise. Algae blooms, moss growing on surronding trees and Corona beer bottles scattered on the shore have alarmed the Canadian Department of the Interior to take swift, albeit expensive action the save the ecosystem of the lake.
Does it have an MPEG hardware decoder for HDTV, or is it only a tuner and demodulator?
It appears that this card is a ATSC tuner/demod (U.S. HDTV transmission standard). It likely passes the digital stream over the PCI bus to the video card (minimum 9600) for decoding and displaying.
Does it have TV out or can it only display on the monitor?
It likely does not have TV out of the card itself but you can probably use an ATI video card that has composite/svid out to display on a SDTV. The quality of the scaling is yet to be seen. Likewise, SDTV streams (tt has a standard NTSC tuner also) will likely be scaled to HDTV resolutions. Again, quality of the scaling is yet to be seen.
The real question is how good is the ATSC tuner/demod. This has been the biggest stumbling block to comprehensive and consistent reception. The digital cliff can be very steep.
Imagine a U.S. President that is simply a marionette made of organic plasma being controlled and manipulated by puppeteers and handlers behind the curtain - stringlessly AND wirelessly.
The only downside is that it appear to only be available in China right now.
Well you see, I don't know if you've heard about it yet, but there is this company known as SCO. This company wants to charge everybody who runs Linux $700 per seat (or ear as the case may be). Motorola, not known for it's deep pockets, probably sees this as a risk they don't want to take.
If you want more info about this company, SCO try going here
The moon, scientists have said, is a source of potentially unlimited energy in the form of the helium 3 isotope -- a near perfect fuel source: potent, nonpolluting and causing virtually no radioactive byproduct in a fusion reactor.
"And if we could get a monopoly on that, we wouldn't have to worry about the Saudis and we could basically tell everybody what the price of energy was going to be," said Pike.
This must be why nearly all federal funding for fusion energy research has been axed.
I'd rather see the feds funding fusion energy research at the rate they are trying to fund adventures to the moon and Mars. Once we get fusion as a power source down I would think we might have a little cash left over to fund trasure hunts.
demaria's original reply stated that his tax rate went from %28 to %25 based on the rebate the parent stated. He mentioned nothing of tax brackets.
You have learned revisionist history well, my son. Soon, you too will soon be broadcasting on the EIB network, just steer clear of the opiates, or is my warning too late?
Well, by my calculations, assuming the reason for your tax rate reduction was soley due to the 'rebate' of $300, your income is only $10,000 dollars a year. There is no reason your tax rate should be anything greater than %15.
Instead of getting Bush for president, I'd look into getting H&R Block for tax accountant.
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why doesn't he just go hunting with Dick Cheney?
Why do you always have to embarrass me in front of my friends?
Now if they could just figure out what all of those eerie sounds are.
until we send manned probes crashing into comets.
If you ask me, that guy is just pissin' into the wind.
This is payback for Christian Coalition "navigating" Microsoft through anti-trust waters.
Bzzzzt...
There is no FCC mandate of HDTV content. The FCC has asked nicely, with a cherry on top, that broadcasters produce and deploy HDTV in hopes that the 15% of the US population that currently receives their TV content from NTSC broadcasts would go out and get a shiny new digital TV that can recieve and decode the mandated ATSC digital broadcast signal and the HDTV feature in supposed to entice that portion of the population to do so.
Note: Those broadcasts are not required to be HDTV. They can be SDTV (480 interleaved @ 30fps) like current NTSC signals. EDTV (commonly 480 progressive @ 30fps) or HDTV (720p@60fps or 1080i@30fps). The broadcasters can choose to transmit 4 or 5 SDTV streams or one HDTV stream on their bandwidth allocation. It's their choice.
The FCC has mandated a transition to ATSC from NTSC. The FCC has mandated ATSC tuners in television sets for sale in the US. The FCC has NOT mandated HDTV.
Apple was the fish to be eaten, not the fish to eat.
that told that there were WMDs in Iraq that were so obvious that you could see them in sat photos.
TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE????
So this MySQL developer pulls the number 283, implying +/- 1 patent violation accuracy, outta his ass and we're supposed to believe him?
Are you sure he's not a MSFT devloper? Both start with an "M" and have an "S" in their acronym and the technique has MSFT written all over it (FUD).
These students can download or stream music, television and movies (presumably fairly recent releases in a VOD arrangement) for $5 a month? And I'm paying $70 a month for my DSS service which has nothing on demand? And it's legal?
This begs a few observations:
There is no way this service will make it into the real world at this price.
or
This service is not legal.
or
My rectum problems are NOT due to a lack of fiber in my diet.
Halliburton, Bechtel and General Electric have signed a multi-billion dollar deal to refrigerate the waters of Lake Ontario.
The temperature of the lake has inexplicably begun to rise. Algae blooms, moss growing on surronding trees and Corona beer bottles scattered on the shore have alarmed the Canadian Department of the Interior to take swift, albeit expensive action the save the ecosystem of the lake.
that the RIAA, MPAA and Microsoft have formed an alliance to go after the X-Prize.
Or else the Ministry of Information may just be looking for a Mr. Buttle rather than the Mr. Tuttle they really want to find.
I don't get it, what's the connection?
It appears that this card is a ATSC tuner/demod (U.S. HDTV transmission standard). It likely passes the digital stream over the PCI bus to the video card (minimum 9600) for decoding and displaying.
It likely does not have TV out of the card itself but you can probably use an ATI video card that has composite/svid out to display on a SDTV. The quality of the scaling is yet to be seen. Likewise, SDTV streams (tt has a standard NTSC tuner also) will likely be scaled to HDTV resolutions. Again, quality of the scaling is yet to be seen.
The real question is how good is the ATSC tuner/demod. This has been the biggest stumbling block to comprehensive and consistent reception. The digital cliff can be very steep.
Imagine a U.S. President that is simply a marionette made of organic plasma being controlled and manipulated by puppeteers and handlers behind the curtain - stringlessly AND wirelessly.
If you want more info about this company, SCO try going here
Simply require all digital evidence to be encrypted. That way anybody who has a thought of tampering would have to consider the wrath of DMCA.
Nobody would tamper with digital evidence given THAT outcome.
I'd rather see the feds funding fusion energy research at the rate they are trying to fund adventures to the moon and Mars. Once we get fusion as a power source down I would think we might have a little cash left over to fund trasure hunts.
With the installation of iTunes, Apple has managed to get QT installed on alot of computers without resorting to whining or lawsuits. Congrats Apple.
Discontinent,
demaria's original reply stated that his tax rate went from %28 to %25 based on the rebate the parent stated. He mentioned nothing of tax brackets.
You have learned revisionist history well, my son. Soon, you too will soon be broadcasting on the EIB network, just steer clear of the opiates, or is my warning too late?
Hey 'Discontinent Conservative",
demaria replied to a post about the rebate. Given the information he provided I deduced that he was paying way too much in tax.
Now go and change your Depends, Bush doen't need any additional propping, the national media is doing a fine job.
t = tax
tr = tax rate
i = income
t = tr x i or t = 0.28i (basic tax calculation)
t = 0.25i -300 (your proposition)
substituting
0.28i = 0.25i + 300
(0.28 - 0.25)i =300
0.03i = 300
i = 10,000
Well, by my calculations, assuming the reason for your tax rate reduction was soley due to the 'rebate' of $300, your income is only $10,000 dollars a year. There is no reason your tax rate should be anything greater than %15.
Instead of getting Bush for president, I'd look into getting H&R Block for tax accountant.