[Coco] Why do a next Gen CoCo?

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Yep

2009 saw the end of analog TV transmisstions in the USA. The old NTSC analog sets are 
worthless today. No one here even considers buying used ones for resale. They have 
become dinosaurs here. 

Everything is transmitted digitally over the air now. There still maybe some abalog signals up 
on the C band and K band satellites. Most of the signals on those transponders have been 
digital for over a decade now. Easier to encrypt and no longer is the NTSC color burst a 
sacred cow. 

james



On 19 Nov 2010 at 8:46, Aaron Wolfe wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:25 AM,  <jdaggett at gate.net> wrote:
> > On 19 Nov 2010 at 3:17, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> >
> >> An Amiga 500 in a joystick would be pretty nice, some really great
> >> games on that system.  I've played with Minimig on the DE1 and it's
> >> fun, but a simple device that plugs straight to a TV would be
> >> convenient.
> >
> > Here in the USA unless you have a old TV floating around, there is not a real easy solution to
> > just plugging into a TV anymore. Most Digital set now have VGA, S-video or HDMI interface.
> > Some of the digital sets made a few years ago do have Compsite video input also.
> >
> > Going further into the future, digital sets will more than likely drop composite and S-video
> > inputs and rely strictly on HDMI and VGA(DVI) interfaces.
> >
> 
> Interesting.. I haven't turned on a television in years, other than to
> use it as a monitor on older computer systems.  I suppose if that is
> the way things are going, cheap devices that use a TV as a monitor
> will cease to exist.  Or, maybe VGA is becoming cheap enough to
> provide an alternative to composite.  I'm sure the big media companies
> would like to make it impossible to view anything without the proper
> DRM limitations, hopefully that won't turn out as they hope.
> 
> > just my thoughts
> > james
> >
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