[opendtv] Re: 060423 Schubin's Sunday Stuff (Mark's Monday Memo)

Bert -

Are you saying you think that, with the new integrated sets, most OTA 
users will not need rooftop rotor antennas?

- Tom


Albert Manfredi wrote:
> Mark Schubin wrote:
> 
> 
>>What makes you think people are using -- or even know
>>about -- the DTT-reception capability in their new TVs?
> 
> 
> If somewhere upwards of half of new TV buyers are buying sets with DTT 
> reception capability, it seems very, very unlikely that virtually none have 
> even tried OTA reception. If problems were prevalent at all, there would be 
> a hue and cry, even if only a small percentage bothered to try. People are 
> always happy to put on great shows of high indignation, especially if "the 
> govt" forced them to shell out bucks they figure they could have saved. 
> Journalists would be all over such a "story."
> 
> The simple fact is, just like those tests of LG 5th gen PC cards showed, 
> reception of DTT is not nearly as problematic as it used to be. If those 
> cards could receive, with indoor antenna, in a straightforward manner, 
> Baltimore stations from Northern VA, the only sensible conclusion is that 
> indoor reception of local stations isn't such a big ordeal. And as far as we 
> have been able to determine, all integrated receivers these days are of 
> quality that easily rivals the LG 5th gen demods.
> 
> I think the sensible conclusion is that DTT reception is/will be just as 
> non-newsworthy as reception of NTSC OTA broadcasts has been.
> 
> The few personal accounts I heard on DTT reception with new integrated sets 
> is that it far surpasses that of any STB available, both in terms of range 
> and in terms of antenna aim criticality.
> 
> Bert
> 
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