<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:52 PM, John Drescher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drescherjm@gmail.com">drescherjm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</div>I thought the FCC banned the sale of analog only tuners.<br>
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John</font></blockquote><div> </div><div>Well, they didn't ban the sale of Analog-only tuners, they banned the manufacture and distribution of new analog-only devices from what I read in the documentation: </div><div>
<br></div><div>"As of March 1, 2007, FCC rules prohibit manufacturers and other responsible parties (as</div><div>defined in the FCC rules) from manufacturing, importing or distributing devices with</div><div>broadcast television equipment that have only an analog tuner and do not have a digital tuner.</div>
<div>However, retailers may continue to sell analog-only television equipment from existing</div><div>inventory."</div><div><br></div><div>So, if there are still retailers with analog-tuners in stock, it's still legal for them to sell them. (And I gather they must also have the FCC "Consumer Alert" warning label present.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>That being said, they *are* harder to find now since virtually nobody seems to have them in stock anymore.</div><div><br></div><div>J-e-f-f-A</div></div>