Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!wtm
From: rwilliam@grebyn.com (Roger Williams)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: CLOSED CAPTIONED DECODERS
Message-ID: <18008@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 91 14:18:32 GMT
References: <17819@bunker.UUCP> <18000@bunker.UUCP>
Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP
Reply-To: rwilliam@grebyn.com (Roger Williams)
Distribution: misc
Organization: Grebyn Corporation
Lines: 24
Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP
Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference

Index Number: 13854

osmigo@ut-emx.uucp (Ron Morgan) writes:

>Does anyone know if these decoder chips will be capable of being
>retrofitted into older TV sets? I'd hate to be somebody that just
>spent $800 on a fancy new TV, just before the chips came out. Right
>NOW, I'm in the process of shopping for a new set which I
>*desperately* need, and I *don't* want to wait two or three years
>for a set with the decoder chips!

For what it's worth:  A hearing friend of mine called my
attention to a <very short> article in one of the video magazines
he subscribes to which announced that Zenith was planning to
produce a color television set with decoder chips installed by
"mid spring, 1991".  I'm afraid that's all the information I have
available:  no price was given nor the size of the set.  However,
it might be worth your while to give Zenith a call and find out
if it might be suitable to your needs.  It certainly sounds
better than buying a new television AND a decoder to go along
with it.

Roger Williams
rwilliam@grebyn.com