[opendtv] Re: 8VSB Still Not Working
- From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:56:58 -0500
Welcome back, Mr. Long!
We had the same pitch at our station last summer. We even connected a
certain guide builder manufacturer's data carousel to our station's
multiplex, and the manufacturer brought along a few laptops with USB
connected ATSC data receiver bricks with Silver Sensor antennae.
The theory was the first responders to a HAZMAT spill could whip out their
trusty laptop, find AC somewhere for the data brick, plunk down the Silver
Sensor on the hood of the fire truck, and wait for dispatch to download the
proper .pdf file on how to handle the particular spill to the carousel
server, which would data carousel itself to the laptop.
This setup was demonstrated to several people in State Government. Now,
realize that the manufacturer was just trying to sell their "large urban
office building" named data carousel product, not an actual working
end-to-end First Responder solution. However, when it was pointed out that
the documents necessary for HAZMAT fit neatly on a single DVD-ROM that could
be carried with the laptop, the demo was over.
With the announcement of Crown Castle to roll out a DVB-H network in the
U.S. in the cell phone band, and the announcement of Sirius Radio to begin
video broadcasts by 2006, the subscription mobile video delivery market is
covered. So what that DVB-T could have filled this niche for free? We
broadcast High Definition pictures to Home Theaters, not entertainment to
SUVs, right?
John Shutt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen W. Long" <longsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>A month or so ago I received an interesting briefing from a company that
> wanted to use ATSC / 8VSB to deliver data to fire departments and other
> first responders. They had no clue about who they were briefing (my
> history, etc.), other than my current title. Their business plan was for
> the fire engine to get all the way to the site of the fire where they
> would
> stop then they would be able to receive data about where the fire was. I
> gently pointed out to them that once the fire department got to the fire,
> they kind of knew where the fire was and would not wait around the fire
> engine for data to arrive - firemen tend to run into the fire first thing
> when they get there. The point to the story is, as thick as these folks
> were, even they knew they could not receive 8VSB data while the truck was
> moving (they must have tested their system prior to deployment - what a
> concept).
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