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I just bought an sony xbr2, and know sony is taking the HDTV tuner out of the new model........why? Does this have any thing to do with this link about current HDTVs not being compatable with the new HTDV??? Im pissedhttp://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_9_1/feature-article-digital-home-video-2-2002.html
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This post is one of the many reason why I feel very comforatble waiting before I spend any money on a new TV. My current 15 year old 27" RCA is working just fine, and I hope it will continue to work for several years to come.....at least until all this copyright protect, competing format standardization/evolution, broadcaster adoption/compliance stuff works itself out.
The new 34XBR is nearly identical to last year's 34XBR model, except it doesn't have the onboard ATSC tuner and thus is $1000 CHEAPER. It also has the new version DRC scaler which is said to be much better than the older DRC doublers (fewer artifacts). It has the DVI with copy protection as well, I believe. (Any direct view HDTV is too small to display "true" HDTV anyway.)The reason Sony took out the tuner is twofold: A) It makes the set much more affordable and able to compete with its own and other 4:3 36" HD direct views, not to mention the many affordable 16:9 HD RPs, and B) Most people into HD already have (or are planning to buy) separate set top boxes which include Direct TV/Dish capability as well as OTA ATSC. These boxes are well under $1000, and the onboard tuner merely duplicates what some people already have. Since sat offers more HDTV than any other source, most HDTV buyers are buying the STBs that fit their needs best. These folks are going to have to get a STB for sat/cable which has OTA anyway, they don't really need an onboard OTA HD tuner.
The 34XBR with ATSC OTA tuner is still available. If you want to go that route, you still can.
The onboard tuner is not the issue - it's the DVI connection with HDCD copyright protection on the TV sets and STBs that is the concern. Although your older XBR2 doesn't have DVI/HDCP (the new XBR does), the feeling among maanufacturers is that there WILL be a fix available, albeit another little black box, for the thousands of HDTVs already in use.Sony just wanted to make the new 34XBR cheaper.
BTW, that's an old article, and old news. Videophiles have been pissed about this issue for over a good while.
Go to avsforum.
The new Sony TV (2003 model) that just came out, replacing my ~6 month old one, is essentially identical in every way, minor plastic color differences, NOT at all what Sony announced it would be, and lacking the advanced higher speed signal capabilities they said it would have, besides other HDTV-related stuff. So don't be real sure of what they're doing...yet. My newish Panny DVDP is not the same as Panny announced it would be 6 months ago. In video, these days, 6 months is a long time, and I get the distinct impression things are slowing down rather than speeding up as far as higher definition goes. Could be the slow economy in the U.S., politics, could be the powers that be are fighting to maintain their already substantial entrenched investments...I don't know. The first is significant, because people just aren't buying the big $/new stuff as expected, our small community excepted.
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