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Circuit City challenges FCC authority for DTV related fines
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article published on 14 May, 2008
Last month the FCC issued nearly $4 billion dollars in fines to various retailers across the US for failing to label TVs without digital tuners. The labels are required by a rule adopted last May requiring retailers to label TVs with only analog (NTSC) tuners as incompatible with digital television (DTV) broadcasts. Starting in February of next year such TVs will require a converter box ... [ read the full article ]
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14. May 2008 @ 17:00 |
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I can't stand Circuit City!
...but that's beside the point ;-)
I'd have to somewhat agree with them on this one. Lately the FCC [or shall I say Kevin Martin] doesn't seem to have his/their head[s] screwed on straight. This is not their jurisdiction. If they wanted things labeled, they should have worked with the FTC to get manufacturers to properly label the packaging. They require labeling about laser safety, interference requirements etc. Why not do it the same?
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susieqbbb
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14. May 2008 @ 17:00 |
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no it's called circuit city new about these changes and where to freaking lazy to place the stickers on there tv's.
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14. May 2008 @ 17:06 |
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Originally posted by susieqbbb:
no it's called circuit city new about these changes and where to freaking lazy to place the stickers on there tv's.
LOL very true too! Half the people I know that work for chain retail electronics stores don't give a crap about their job there.
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14. May 2008 @ 22:38 |
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Not the retailer job, it's the job of the company behind those tv set's
we can get sued for modifying description of the tv set with out the company notice.
that being said this law is a BS law it is one sided as it pits all the blame on retailer.
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15. May 2008 @ 02:09 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
Not the retailer job, it's the job of the company behind those tv set's
we can get sued for modifying description of the tv set with out the company notice.
that being said this law is a BS law it is one sided as it pits all the blame on retailer.
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Being An Employee at circuit city i can say there are only like 5 TV's in my store on display that cannot receive a digital signal.
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oscarin
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15. May 2008 @ 12:02 |
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Circuit City, Best Buy , Radio Shack and other giant stores are failing big time informing the public about whats gonna happen soon with the TV signal and what devices can do what and what devices need what in order to receive the digital signals OTA. When are these stores going to set up displays showing us the people how a digital converter box works without any of the regular sorces such as NTSC tuner, cable or satellite services.
Show us what a QAM and ATSC tuner are capable of, what do i need if i have an HDTV READY, what do i need if i have an EDTV, why is everything so complicated?
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15. May 2008 @ 14:02 |
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Originally posted by oscarin:
Circuit City, Best Buy , Radio Shack and other giant stores are failing big time informing the public about whats gonna happen soon with the TV signal and what devices can do what and what devices need what in order to receive the digital signals OTA. When are these stores going to set up displays showing us the people how a digital converter box works without any of the regular sorces such as NTSC tuner, cable or satellite services.
Show us what a QAM and ATSC tuner are capable of, what do i need if i have an HDTV READY, what do i need if i have an EDTV, why is everything so complicated?
Your wrong we have a display stating that in the following year a SDTV will be useless.and are TV's display tech tips and in those tip's is the ugentcy to switch to at least a EDTV set.
they want it on the TV witch we are relunctant to do.
we do a fine job of letting people know whats gunna happen.
i see alot of people that try to use this to get a new tv.
like example i bought my tv 3 months ago you didnt say it was guna be useless, but infact we have a stand saying it would
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oscarin
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17. May 2008 @ 00:02 |
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Yo man, i think you have to go back to night school or something because i dont have the smallest idea what the hell are you talking about?
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