[opendtv] Re: A detail in the history of video standards

Here is a decent history of Taiwan and 8-VSB. I noticed that the ATSC 
kept Taiwan on their site as an ATSC country long after Taiwan had 
officially switched. They may still list them as ATSC. What does that 
mean? I doubt if Taiwan is paying its ATSC dues.

http://www2.rfsworld.com/StayConnected/index_ie2.html?ns_head.html&http://www2.rfsworld.com/StayConnected/broadcast/broadcast_0303_2.html

"In 1998, a formal decision was made for Taiwan to adopt the US 
‘advanced television systems committee’ (ATSC) digital standard. Based 
on 8-vestigial side-band (8-VSB) technology, ATSC appeared at the time 
to be a logical choice, given its ready application to 6-MHz channels 
and the NTSC standard being used for analogue TV."

And....

"After changing the pilot station equipment from 8-VSB to DVB-T devices, 
it was found that the problem of multi-path interference was largely 
solved,” says Chung. By the end of June 2001, Taiwan had reversed its 
original decision and adopted the DVB-T standard."

Bob Miller

John Willkie wrote:

>Three is greater than five. sure.  But, did you note that aside from MBC,
>the web site you pointed me to, no broadcaster outside of Seoul had
>transmitters?  I said that there were only three channels for the entire
>country.  I am corrected: Seoul has five -- per that web site -- and the
>rest of the country has just one, a live retransmission of what's being
>shown on MBC in Seoul.
>
>My point was that Tijuana -- a third world city of 2.5 million -- has more
>media diversity than the countries I mentioned.  Funny you can only nip
>around the edges of that.  And, I can only presume that you now concede
>Taiwan to be ATSC country.  I note that not everybody thinks Taiwan is a
>country.
>
>John
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:23 AM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: A detail in the history of video standards
>
>
>  
>
>>John Willkie wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I count at best 5 TV stations
>>>in Seoul.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Five is more than three, and Seoul is a city, not a country.
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I spent only about 30
>>>seconds to refute your web site.
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Believe what you'd like.
>>
>>TTFN,
>>Mark
>>
>>    
>>
>>

 
 
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