I beg to differ since H.264 was not usable until after A/90 was published, but I note you made the same general conclusion shortly after A/90 was published. There are few technical holdups in communications: for a century, they've almost always been IP holdups. John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 9:16 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040722 Thundering Thursday Thanks (Mark's Monday Memo) ATSC has had the capability of transmitting HD using H.264 ever since A/90 was first published. It's been several years. The holdup hasn't been a technical problem at all. Bert Keith Jack wrote: > And to open the door to using H.264 for HD at some point. > ATSC is lagging in > this area compared to alternate solutions. > > Since E-VSB is optional, why would the FCC care? > > John Golitsis wrote: > > > > The best aspect of E-VSB is the ability to offer it as an > > option to nations that have yet to choose a standard. > > > > If I'm not mistaken, the use of E-VSB by television=20 > > broadcasters in the US would require an act by the FCC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.