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To: RW who wrote (4602)	3/12/1998 9:52:00 AM
From: ayn rand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6570

Thanks, Looks like Z is flying again this morning!

To: RW who wrote (4602)	3/12/1998 5:36:00 PM
From: Terry Berg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6570

HDTV backers seek to head off congressional scrutiny By George Leopold WASHINGTON - Backers of the U.S. HDTV standard have launched a counteroffensive aimed at blunting congressional concerns about the transition to digital TV later this year. In a March 9 letter to Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) warned against reopening the digital-TV standards debate and questioned the motives of PC-industry officials who reportedly questioned key aspects of the standard. "Our overriding concern is that some parties appear to be trying to intervene directly with Congress, using false, misleading and alarming claims, to achieve what they could not accomplish over the last 10 years of debate," ATSC chairman Robert Graves told Tauzin. Tauzin recently met with computer-industry officials, including Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates. Microsoft is an ATSC member. Gates reportedly told Tauzin that the 1,080-line interlaced scanning format favored by HDTV advocates will not work with computer equipment. Graves urged Tauzin not to be "hornswoggled" by the criticism and to "disregard the baseless claims that the [ATSC] standard will not work with computers or that the transmission system is inadequate." Tauzin's office did not return calls for comment.