[opendtv] Re: Bob likes COFDM

  • From: Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:53:14 -0800

On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 09:35 -0500, dmenolan wrote:
> My last post before Easter..
> 
> The question is this: If the one that works is far more expensive than CO=
> FDM on a like-for-like spec and we know that COFDM works then why not do =
> the obvious: ditch ATSC. But the loss of face for the Koreans would be wa=
> y too much to bear. Much better to simply obfuscate and stall!

Mind if I volunteer you? 

We need someone to replace all those ATSC modulators in every station
around the country that has purchased one. 

Oh, and buy back all those ATSC set-tops too. If you don't do it, I'm
going to sue you. And if you replace my friend's receiver and forget to
replace mine, I'm going to sue you. If you think you can sign some law
to only replace a certain segment of the marketplace, I'm going to get
all my friends and we're going to sue you - or the local broadcasters,
whichever is the easiest to extract money out of and/or put out of
business in the process (if they haven't already lost all their viewers
through confusion in the market, that is).

The mistake of confusing the consumer by offering them two different
products that appear to be the same is something they teach in 1st year
economics 101. So in that respect, I'm going to need you to pay for a
barrage of print and broadcast ads to educate the masses. And buy back
stock from and educate all the retailers.

You will also have to pay for some sort of extended press campaign to
attempt to save face.

The above is a good start. We still haven't tackled fixed installations,
antenna buy-back/replacement, recouping of lost installation costs, and
a whole bunch more.

How many pennies do you have left in your piggy bank now? 

Cheers
Kon


 
 
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