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To: James Bulliment who wrote (167)	11/28/1996 1:04:00 AM
From: bob mackey	of 473

> Does digital TV or HDTV have any impact on the development of flat panel displays? Good question. I wish I knew the real answer, but all i've got is this guess... I'm guessing that since the changeover from analog to digital and the switch from CRTs to FPDs will be happening around the same time, that many TV buyers will be replacing their bulky analog CRTs with thin digital TVs. Both the thinness and the digital issues will drive the buyre's decisions. At an inherent physical level, the FPDs are spatially digitized, while analog CRTs are not. But the transmitted digital signal can be displayed on an analog CRT just as it is on a CRT computer monitor. For all practical purposes, CRTs are spatially digitized in ordinary use. The FPDs will actually be at a disadvantage in cases where multiple resolutions must be displayed. Software dithering will be needed to show low resolution on a high resolution FPD. It is very interesting that the recent FCC decision to support digital broadcast television does not specify the pixel count or aspect ratio. Both of these were stumbling blocks to the adoption of HDTV standards. Instead the FCC will specify an encoding for X by Y rectangular image broadcasts. The TV stations, content producers, and TV manufacturers will srill hace to get together and agree on specific numbers, but the FCC has already set the stage for any receiver to display any signal that will fit on the screen. I couldn't have asked the FCC for a better decision without getting into the issue of licensing by the Watt instead of by the Hz. But that's another issue altogether. I and most of the encryption community have strong opinions that on that one, and they differ from the admininstration's current practice. But I digress..... -bob mackey

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