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.