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An anemic schedule of HDTV programming has kept the selection of set-top HD tuners sparse. So with quite a few manufacturers making high-definition set-top receivers available, the question is: Are the OEMs-particularly those spending big bucks to underwrite HD programming-privy to a beefier HDTV schedule in 2001?
Coincidentally, the National Association of Broadcasters and the Association for Maximum Service Television dealt the debate over the modulation standard for DTV in America a fatal blow by jointly reaffirming their endorsement of the 8VSB standard over COM. Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA, said in a press release that with this backing of the FCC-approved 8VSB standard, "manufacturers and consumers can move ahead with certainty...