"dave weil" wrote in message


I'm not arguing that it wouldn't be a nice bell-n-whistle, I'm just
pointing out probably *why* it never happened.

David Weil intellectual problem number one. Dave you aren't pointing out
probably why it never happened, you've presented your theory-of-the-moment
about why it didn't happen. You've collected no evidence to support your
claim that this was the most likely reason. You just made up a theory and
presented it as being revealed truth. First time through, you even left out
the "probably". So, to compound your intellectual dishonesty, you've even
been trying to backtrack and change what you actually said the first time
through.

And I think that a feature like that wouldn't have been at home in the
cheapest
receivers, but further up the food chain.

Irrelevant. The more I think about it, the more I realize that the receiver
manufacturers have lost track of what a receiver does. A receiver is the
combination of tuner and an amplifier. A tuner should tune the frequencies
people listen to and demodulate the signals that people listen to. At this
time people spend a lot of time tuning and listening to cable channels.
Since it is considered to be perfectly reasonable for A-V tuners to route
and amplify video signals, it is equally reasonable for receivers to tune
cable channels.

After all, you've got to have a reason to sell more expensive receivers,
right?

Great argument that points out the obvious failings of your earlier and
present erroneous pontifications, Weil. Even if the cheapest receivers lack
cable tuners in order to make the lowest possible price points, there's no
reason why a useful feature like a cable tuner couldn't be part of more
expensive receivers.

You don't want to open with *everything* under the sun.

Perhaps, but a cable tuner should have been a part of "Full-featured"
receivers.

You want to give people a reason to spend more money on a better model, if
they can afford it.

Agreed, and a cable tuner would provide additional perceived value for a
significant segment of the A-V receiver market, and justify the sales of
more expensive equipment.