[opendtv] Re: Barriers eroding to LCD TV adoption
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:06:33 -0400
Dale Kelly wrote:
[The addition of UHF channels when VHF channels in a market
had not been used up first.]
> It is likely to makes sense only if you consider the
> methodology used by the
> FCC to allocate TV channels. Roughly, the FCC's required co channel
> seperation is about 160 miles and adjacent channel seperation
> is about 70 miles.
I didn't mean to imply there was no reason for it, Dale. I only
suggested that the public at large didn't necessarily understand
this. They got UHF tuners "shoved down their throats" regardless.
And, as you point out, it served a very useful purpose.
> I would suggest, to those of you who believe the UHF
> television service to
> be a failure, that you widen you're narrow "New York" view of
> the country.
And a couple of decades from now we'll have a better appreciation
of whether or not the ATSC mandate will have been equally
successful. I think it will, for the reasons similar to the
UHF mandate. Better utilization of spectrum, in terms of
more services possible and higher spectral efficiency for
existing services.
Bert
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