[opendtv] Re: Demand for free DTV rising in Australia

If it is setting a pretty high bar to ask for at least one person on a digital TV mailing list using ATSC that way with only one non-switched antenna then it does not hold out much hope for future PVR'ing ATSC users.
Sure it's true that over the years I've been on this list I've always managed to set up ATSC sufficiently for my own needs, in 4 different residences and cities now. But I'm also an HDTV hobbyist, a one time physics major, and I build and repair my own computers.
I don't think something will fly if it depends upon J6P putting up multiple antennas with automatic switching. He'll just go to cable.
And, yes, I do consider that a technical limitation of the standard. But I make no representation either way for the various other standards that I've never used. 

- Tom

Albert Manfredi wrote:

Tom Barry wrote:


But I was looking for anybody that was not switching between
at least 2 antennas.
That's setting a pretty high bar, even for many in Europe. Although over there, they tend to have the appropriate diplexers when multiple antennas are required, rather than a switch or rotor.
I can show you on the DGTVi site how, in most locations, different DTT multiplexes are at different azimuths, in Italy. As long as signal strength is low, you'll see more than one antenna required to pick them all up. And almost always, you'll note that the VHF antenna is a separate antenna, aimed in a different direction, from the one (or more) UHF antenna(s).
John, early ATSC receivers were bad. I know. It's been 4+ years since those days, and still broadcasters aren't promoting as I would expect them to.
Instead of saying "tomorrow at 9:00 PM on Frontline," you say that, and then you add what else is showing at 9:00 PM or other times, on your multiplex. So all analog OTA viewers know what they are missing. Surely, that would attract viewers to DTT, especially since (I'm told) a relatively high percentage of PBS viewers do use OTA TV. 

Bert

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