[opendtv] Re: ATSC receiver promises
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:57:01 -0400
Tom is correct. Furthermore, the 5th-generation receiver technology was
shown at NAB 2003; that's over two years ago.
TTFN,
Mark
Tom Barry wrote:
>Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> > A year later? I know time flies, but isn't it more like 6
> > months?
> >
>
>Yes, time flies. ;-) It is now June 2005. I believe the 5th gen
>test at Marks apartment that caused all this flap was in July
>2004. That is close enough to a year for me.
>
>See his Memo at the time (July 22, 2004):
>http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm02142.html
>
>- Tom
>
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>>Tom Barry wrote:
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>>>>As you saw, the "glowing reports" turned out to be true.
>>>>It just took this long to get the hardware in Mark
>>>>Schubin's apartment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Bert -
>>>
>>>I'm still not sure how you can say that with such
>>>confidence. We have had on non-reproducible test of a
>>>mystery box that even the vendor admits cannot be marketed
>>>successfully. So far (a year later) no boxes from LG or
>>>anyone have hit the market and come close to duplicating
>>>the reported performance of that event.
>>>
>>>
>>A year later? I know time flies, but isn't it more like 6
>>months?
>>
>>Anyway, I have complete confidence that a good design that
>>was demonstrated convincingly can be screwed up with very
>>little effort.
>>
>>Also, I have complete confidence that Bob Miller reported
>>accurately on the no-name brand that used the LG chip, and
>>that this was also an acceptably good product. Even if not
>>quite a great as the original.
>>
>>I also know that this stuff has been evolving over time,
>>and that it ain;t like it only suddenly happened. Numbers
>>don't lie, even if they can be misinterpreted at times.
>>
>>If I were in broadcasting, I'd have been egging these guys
>>on from back in 2002. Push push push.
>>
>>Bert
>>
>>
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