P3D Re: B and W TV Comment

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> It is also a Federal Communications Commission Law, too. BTW: According to
> the FCC, no signals can be broadcast that compel the viewer to purchase
> special devices in order to view the signal. Even Stereo Motion Pictures
> must be not be broadcast in such a way that they can't be viewed without
> special devices. Granted, glasses of some type are required to see the
> images in stereo, but the images can also be viewed flat.

Won't HDTV broadcasts (ten years from now in the ten year plan) require
converters for regular tv's to see broadcasts?  I didn't think there
was going to be NTSC simulcasts forever.  The formats aren't at all
compatible (analog NTSC and compressed digital).

Mike K.


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