[opendtv] Re: 20050627 Mark's Monday Memo

Nick Kocsis wrote:

[Battery powered ATSC receivers]

> Impossible?    No!    But very unlikely unless it could
> achieve the same reliability of portable reception that
> is possible with a DVB-T standard receiver.   All we
> have so far is promises and more promises of a 'cold
> fusion' type ATSC receiver that has been six months on
> the priority list.

I think we're well past the "promises" stage. The recent
STBs and PC cards tested by Bob Miller are more than
promises. And even if the antenna had to be taped to the
window in Mark's apartment in the most recent tests,
(a) this was not necessary in Bob's apartment, and
(b) this was not the case for the LG prototype STB, in
Mark's apartment. Which means, improvements are still well
within the known state of the art. In fact, the solution
is most likely found in the basics of good front end
design, rather than anything more esoteric like echo
tolerance.

I would have thought that any skepticism on battery
powered ATSC receivers concerned power draw rather than
portable reception capability. But the fact that lap top
Pentiums exist indicates to me that this problem too can
be solved.

Bert

 
 
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