So, you are now asserting that broadcasting is not valuable? Perhaps to you, but even that is inconsistent with your previous posting calling non-payments to be payments. To bring it full circle, do you think that cable company are making your "payments" for something that has no value? You really have no guess as to what's viable due to biases. A rotor (or multinational array) is more expensive and troublesome than stringing hundreds of kilometers of high-grade cable, providing linear power back-up circuits, line amplifiers, drops, etc? John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:17 AM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Barriers eroding to LCD TV adoption At 12:28 AM -0400 8/10/04, Bob Miller wrote: >I agree that OTA is irrelevant today. I agree they are not offering a >competitive service. But the point is that with a decent inexpensive >plug and play receiver that all can change. Exactly! it CAN change. But will it? IN order for there to be a meaningful change broadcasters are going to need to offer something that is perceived as being valuable. The USDTV offering falls far short of the mark - not a big enough savings for the limited amount of content offered. The answer is obvious. Make advertiser supported TV FREE...AGAIN. IF broadcasters were to deliver 30+ channels in the clear I agree that many homes would drop a paid multichannel service. If the provide 50 channels PLUS premium services like Cached VOD, they would do even better, Receivers are not the only important issue. You need to deliver all of these channels to a fixed antenna with adequate power levels. Rotors or active antenna designs are not a viable solution. And there are MANY areas where the power levels are too marginal for reliable service. But there is at least a glimmer of hope. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.