[mythtv-users] Hauppauge in trouble with the FCC

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Mar 7, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 03/07/2008 05:14 PM, Craig G. wrote:
>> Its not just a labeling issue, the FCC also has some nice language in
>> there to potentially fine anyone who manufactures for sale in the  
>> U.S.
>> a "TV Receiver" which doesn't include a digital tuner.
>>
>> "By Law, as of March 1, 2007, all television receivers shipped in
>> interstate commerce or imported into the United States must contain a
>> digital tuner."
>>
>> Which is fairly short cited, as they don't seem to really define what
>> a "television receiver" is.   I assume it was aimed at set top boxes
>> and televisions, but the fact that it keeps someone from  
>> manufacturing
>> a product for a specific market (such as analog cable tv use) without
>> putting a ATSC tuner in it.
>
> So, does this mean that Hauppauge won't even be able to, i.e., rip the
> POS^H^H^HNTSC tuner out of the card and sell it as an S-Video/ 
> Composite
> only capture card?  Are they going to be forced to sell it with an  
> ATSC
> tuner?  I happen to know of one person who explicitly does not want to
> upgrade to ATSC because of the significant increase in filesize (and,
> therefore, required storage).

I think they are more likely to add a digital tuner than take away the  
analog tuner.