One of my main reasons for buying my Olevia 332H was for this very reason... actually mine didn't even have a tuner, saving me ~$150.
Olevia provides people in the market for an HDTV a budget option. In the future, the ATSC boxes will be fairly cheap considering you can buy ones for you computer for ~$80 now. Plus most people looking for HD content use Cable or Satelite and those require boxes.
Budget TVs like these are like Hondas... they are cheap and reliable and as you get money and more into the game, you can customize it to your own needs... tuners, HD Players, Recievers, etc...
I think it sucks that the FCC feels they need to go to this extreme if the boxes say what standards work...
If a company can sell a stand alone ATSC STB for $80 including manual, power supply, remote, etc. What makes you think it would knock $150 off the price of a TV?
It shouldn't be more than $50 for this TV and considering the average person, there is no reason not to include it on any TV. In fact you can buy 13-inch TV's with ATSC tuners for less than $150.
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Jesse @ Jun 8th 2007 10:55AM
One of my main reasons for buying my Olevia 332H was for this very reason... actually mine didn't even have a tuner, saving me ~$150.
Olevia provides people in the market for an HDTV a budget option. In the future, the ATSC boxes will be fairly cheap considering you can buy ones for you computer for ~$80 now. Plus most people looking for HD content use Cable or Satelite and those require boxes.
Budget TVs like these are like Hondas... they are cheap and reliable and as you get money and more into the game, you can customize it to your own needs... tuners, HD Players, Recievers, etc...
I think it sucks that the FCC feels they need to go to this extreme if the boxes say what standards work...
Ben @ Jun 8th 2007 10:58AM
If a company can sell a stand alone ATSC STB for $80 including manual, power supply, remote, etc. What makes you think it would knock $150 off the price of a TV?
It shouldn't be more than $50 for this TV and considering the average person, there is no reason not to include it on any TV. In fact you can buy 13-inch TV's with ATSC tuners for less than $150.