Bert, You have some nerve writing this. Dingell and other didn't push for COFDM because it was people like YOU screaming back in 1999 that the fix to ATSC was easy, and was mere months away. Sheesh. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > I'd agree completely that the ATSC receivers of 1998 > weren't any good. But then again, the Dingells of Congress > could have pushed hard to modify ATSC with COFDM at the > physical layer, back then, to maybe, perhaps, help avoid > this last-minute rush. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.