Dtv Issues Dominate Ces Policy Discussions; Mobility, Seamless Connectivity Viewed With Optimism

摘要

The suggestion by President-elect Obama that the broadcast digital television (DTV) transition deadline of Feb. 17 should be moved back came just as manufacturers and purveyors of digital TV sets, converter boxes, and a host of products that compete with other-the-air broadcast TV gathered- along with other members of the consumer electronics industry - in this desert oasis for gamblers and conventioneers. The news dominated many of the policy discussions at the Consumer Electronics Association's International CES (Consumer Electronics Show), competing with insistent messages of optimism for the future of the industry during the economic downturn.