[opendtv] Re: Barriers eroding to LCD TV adoption

  • From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:40:47 -0400

Manfredi, Albert E wrote:

>Bob Miller [mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I would argue that UHF and its mandate were a failure OTA as
>>is ATSC so
>>far. Most UHF channels were only successful because of cable.
>>    
>>
>
>Bob, I'm not sure how you can support this.
>
>Cable didn't use much UHF at all until recently, did it?
>Weren't cable channels mostly within 400 or 450 MHz? (I
>suppose you can call anything above 300 MHz UHF, but OTA
>UHF starts at 470 MHz. So it's not the same thing.)
>
>And OTA UHF has been at least as good as VHF, and better
>than low-band VHF, for urban and suburban settings, for
>decades. Not sure why you think it was a failure.
>
>As an OTA user, I wouldn't do without UHF.
>
>  
>
>>Until the 5th gen receiver proved out USDTV was a silly idea
>>that had little chance of success as any other business plan
>>using 8-VSB did IMO. Now that is no longer true.
>>    
>>
>
>Agreed. Perhaps the difference is, IMO past improvements made
>this eventual success fairly predictable. And as of 2003, it
>was essentially certainty.
>
>Bert
>
With 8-VSB we had only a 5 year delay with "certainty" coming in 2003. 
My god what if we had switched to COFDM in 2000? I faintly remember that 
COFDM was going to cause a "delay" and that 8-VSB was a "CERTAINTY " then.

 
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

Other related posts: