Digital terrestrial debut!
q DBR-TF100 When it comes to the world of Value for money: 119.95 home cinema components The DBR-TF100 scooped a coveted Best Buy from What Video and Widescreen TV magazine, with the title Pioneer can currently do no saying,in practice, the unit works like a dream. Channel changing is instantaneous, text access is slick and wrong. It builds some of the best pictures possess a lucidity and richness that should go down well with any TV viewer. went a for DVD players, DVD recorders and The magazinematchesonuptotogush,the DBR-TF100 marksthehugely impressive digital terrestrial debuthigher Pioneer and the best boxes already on market.And surprisingly, it is priced no home cinema receivers you can than most other receivers. H- ? S V magazine agreed, awarding the design the best possible score, saying pictures W buy, using the very latest are crisp, well defined and suffered few digital flaws while sound was good when connected digitally to a surround receiver.All in all, the magazine felt the DBR-TF100 was,a solid debut from Pioneer. state-of-the-art technology. In fact, even when the company And its not just in performance terms that the Pioneer excels.There are all the features you could possibly want from a Freeview design and a few you might not. Connection wise you get two Scarts, one turns its hand to its first of which outputs RGB, and this is joined by composite and S-video outs.Theres also an optical digital output.As for tricks, one of the best is a screen saver which can capture and store on-screen images. Freeview set top box, it still runs Not that this Pioneer design needs tricks to impress.As What Video and Widescreen TV magazine concluded: off with all the awards! unique features and ease-of-use make this receiver a wise purchase.

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Basic Digital TV Terrestrial Low Cost Converters
Recapitulation of Proposals and Summary of UK Market for CoC W.G.
Paris May 2004 Bob Harrison UK Market Transformation Programme
Market Transformation Programme

Introduction

Current assumptions are that in the next decade, many major European analogue TV broadcasting networks will be closed down and replaced by Digital Services. Consumers will want to maintain or increase their current room to room access to transmitted and locally recorded TV.
RECAPITULATION OF 2002 CoC DISCUSSION
In the period around analogure close down there will be a major Consumer requirement for simple (low cost) self contained digital reception platforms that will convert digital signals to analogue signals that will directly feed the RF and line signal inputs of legacy analogue equipment. (up to 200M products for Europe) TVs and VCRs based on current technology will comprise the bulk of that analogue equipment.
Proposed Definition of a Digital Converter
A stand alone device, using an integral or dedicated external power supply, for the reception of digital broadcasting services and their conversion to analogue RF and /or line level signals.
Power Budget (mW) for Simple Converter Functional Blocks
Antenna powering 100 Two Tuners: 2000 / 3200 Two Demod and FEC: 1320 Demux&routing: 190/700 Processor: 210/1400 Memory: 450 MPEG Decoder& DA: 470/1750
Power Budget (mW) for Converter Functional Blocks
Front Panel & IR Receiver: 530/1500 PAL/NTSC Encoder: 10/40 A/V routing: 150 RF Modulator:450/1000 Overall AC/DC Transfer Efficiency: 55%
Suggested Average On-Mode Power Budget 2002

11 Watts AC Power Input

Suggested Standby Passive Power Budget 2002
Aux or main processor 30/1000 Front panel & IR receiver 35/1500 RF mixer/modulator: 450/1000 Antenna powering 75 Suggested Total: 2000 (2W)
Digital Terrestrial STB Power Consumption Development
1998 Digital Terrestrial TV STB for UK Service roll-out. Best practice 11.6W on 5.9W standby (a full feature STB including a modem and subscription card reader) 2002/3 First in UK market low cost basic digital terrestrial TV converter. 7.2W on 0.3W standby 2004 Best selling low cost basic digital terrestrial converter from a principal CoC signatory. 10W on 5.5W standby
Digital Terrestrial STB Power Consumption Development 1998 to 2004
THROUGH HORIZONTAL MARKET NO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FOR BASIC DEVICE (Market Average)

Converter Power 2004

(Main CoC signatories others in separate file for discussion)
NOKIA 121T NOKIA 221T PACE DT 210F (Pace DTVA 543 PANASONIC TUCT20 PANASONIC TUCT30 *PIONEER DBR-TF100 *PHILIPS DTR-1500 SONY VTX D800
0.7W / 8.0W 5.7W / 7.7W 5.3W / 5.7W 0.3W / 7.2W) 5.5W / 10.0W 4.9W / 8.8W 7.2W / 7.5W 7.6W / 7.7W 8.1W / 9.4W
Suggested Updated Criteria For Discussion 2004
STANDBY PASSIVE 2W ON-MODE 7.5W FACTORY DEFAULT AUTOMATIC SWITCH OFF FUNCTION DAILY

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