On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:29:10 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:
Speaking of your avg, run of the mill Sony, Pioneer, etc. home theater
receiver...

Why have built-in cable tv tuners never been introduced to these? (or
have they & Im just unaware?)
Again, obviously Im not talking about some ultra-high-end setup, just
your typical receivers that someone walks out of Best Buy with.

They are pretty much designed to be the hub of the entertainment
system.. with just about all A/V sources being able to be plugged
into the receiver, and have 1 output to the tv. So why not include a
cable-tv tuner?

Good question, given that entire cable-ready tuner systems are being slapped
onto PC video cards by ATI, Asus, and a number of smaller manufacturers.

ATI is offering such a "cable-ready" chip that will be part of future
TV and receiver sets, but, because of the cost and the fact that it
would be a value-added upgrade for more sophisticated receivers, I
doubt you will see it in the type of receivers that the poster was
asking about.

For such a tuner feature to really be useful these days, it would need
to be cable-ready and the 125 channel sound cards that you're talking
about wouldn't be very useful for a growing number of consumers. And
they will never address the interactive aspect of modern cable and
satellite boxes.

You might as well ask why receivers don't include integrated DVD
players.