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Dan Lanciani

In article . com, writes:

| You don't need an HDTV. All you need is an ATSC digital tuner which
| will deliver a signal compatible with your existing TV. The govt has
| approved a plan to give consumers two $40 coupons that can be used
| toward the purchase of two converter boxes. These tuners are already
| available for under $100, and will likely be $50-75 by the time you
| need them.

Do you know of any ATSC tuners (being under $100 would be a bonus) that
support NTSC recording devices (VCR, DVR, etc.) in the following sense?

-They include a timer with a reasonable number of programs.
-They include a stretch/fill/what-have-you mode to render pillar-boxed
4:3 material as full screen rather than letter-boxed.
-The timer allows selection of the stretch/fill/what-have-you mode on
a per-program basis.

Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com