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



Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> In any event, corporate heavies are guided by what they are told at
> meetings. As long as there is this peristent pessimism concerning ATSC,
> festering there without being proven or disproven, it does nothing more
> than cause paralysis among their ranks. Add to this the sometimes
> outrageous claims made about the competition, claims that defy the laws
> of physics, and all I can think is let's have another set of comparison
> tests. I don't see this persistent gloom disappearing anytime soon,
> without such tests.
Please, let's have the next round of comparison tests AFTER the turn-off. That way a lot more people will be familiar with whatever ATSC can do, one way or the other. 

Anything else at this point would be just another excuse to stall.

- Tom


Dale Kelly wrote:



New Zealand too, they have or want to install a DBS-based
Freeview system too. Because in those countries, they DO NOT
expect 100 percent coverage with COFDM.


That's argument is a bit of a reach.
New Zealand is very mountainous and has a significant rural
population that simply can't be economically covered by OTA
service. This indeed has nothing to do with modulation but
I would wager that, watt for watt, they will achieve more
reliable OTA service using COFDM.



ATSC is the only game in town in the US, for free TV to all the wide
open spaces and mountainous regions. So if someone argues that Freeview
is not being forced on the cable companies, surely the fact that FOTA TV
here is not being forced on DBS must figure in there somewhere?

In any event, corporate heavies are guided by what they are told at
meetings. As long as there is this peristent pessimism concerning ATSC,
festering there without being proven or disproven, it does nothing more
than cause paralysis among their ranks. Add to this the sometimes
outrageous claims made about the competition, claims that defy the laws
of physics, and all I can think is let's have another set of comparison
tests. I don't see this persistent gloom disappearing anytime soon,
without such tests.

Poorly informed people make wrong decisions. It's that simple.

Bert
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