These are the *old* mandates - these dates were changed last fall (causing lots of confusion in the process). The 25"-and-up mandate went into effect March 1 of this year (right about the time the digital SDTV started showing up in force). Next year's March mandate will now be for *all* sets - no size restrictions. Of course, that's sets that *have* a tuner - monitors excepted.
Here's the TWICE story from last January that gives the details:
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Bob Colby @ Jun 30th 2006 6:31PM
These are the *old* mandates - these dates were changed last fall (causing lots of confusion in the process). The 25"-and-up mandate went into effect March 1 of this year (right about the time the digital SDTV started showing up in force). Next year's March mandate will now be for *all* sets - no size restrictions. Of course, that's sets that *have* a tuner - monitors excepted.
Here's the TWICE story from last January that gives the details:
http://www.twice.com/article/CA6296887.html