Re: FIOS installation in the house

["Shirley Márquez Dúlcey" <user=15@nabble.blu.org>]

 Derek Atkins wrote: 
> "Mark J. Dulcey" <[hidden email]> writes: 
> 
>> The vast majority of HDTV sets and tuners CAN'T handle QAM, encrypted 
>> or not. HDTVs are only legally required to have tuners for 8VSB (aka 
> 
> Eh?  My Sony KDL-40XBR2 (purchased May 2007) can handle QAM. 
> 
> Hmm.  Was I just lucky? 

Handling QAM is a new feature. You have a new HDTV, and a high-end set 
at that. The inexpensive ones that are selling in droves at Micro Center 
and BJ's mostly don't have QAM tuners, nor does most of the installed 
base. That will probably change with time, however, once the chip 
industry shifts over production to multi-standard tuner chips. 

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