At 1:22 PM -0600 1/23/05, Doug McDonald wrote: >Bob Miller wrote: > > Just how does a broadcast system that is stuck in the stone age with >> 8-VSB and MPEG2 and can't quite deliver a 1080i signal well survive for > > 35 years in the radical world of change we live in? > >Because the FCC says so. > >They say so because stability is needed to protect the >equipment investments of almost 300,000,000 people. If the OTA industry is stuck with 8-VSB and MPEG-2 for 30 years it simply won't exist. There will be too many 'end runs' around it for it to matter anymore. Even 10 years from now it will be dead and gone if locked into that scenario. -- Philip Hodgetts The Software Guy http://www.DVGuys.com Internet Radio for Digital Storytellers The ProApps-Hub The convenient way to get all the news you need: timely and useful. Never miss a critical warning. Daily productivity tips. http://www.ProApps-Hub.com Columnist: MacDesign Magazine Contributor: www.lafcpug.org, www.kenstone.net, creativecow.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.