[opendtv] Re: 20050627 Mark's Monday Memo

Frank Eory wrote:

> I'm still waiting for a data point - just ONE
> unbiased data point - that shows a long range
> reception advantage of 8-VSB over COFDM.

Me too.

> Sure we have portable laptops, and some of them
> even get more than 2 hours of battery life. But
> they don't compare well in size, power or
> battery life with simple transistor radios.

Agreed. Ditto for digital radio. This will take
more time. The fact is, right now, including DVB-H,
you can't transmit a common digital signal that is
at the same time high quality and receivable by
low drain devices. DVB-H simply assigns spectrum
for that specific purpose (even if it's sharing
the spectrum with a TV station, it still ain't
free).

> The profit-minded sensible business folks have
> moved on, while the zealots continue to promise
> perpetual motion machines and "cold fusion" ...

The simple fact is, in spite of your "sensible"
business folk, more than 22 million households
have been depending on OTA TV for a good many
years now, and the FCC has not and shows no signs
of "moving on" to anything other than 8-VSB.

So say what you will, but 8-VSB has to be made to
work. And is being made to work.

Bert

 
 
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