[opendtv] Re: Digital TV: Brazil to Adopt Anything But the American System
- From: "Mark Aitken (Work @ Home)" <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 18:33:48 -0500
OK Doctor...you have one chance in the operating room. You have but one
choice, because this is NOT elective surgery. It will be a long a long
one...What, my esteemed colleague, is the course of action?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Smith" <wsmith@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 6:22 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Digital TV: Brazil to Adopt Anything But the American
System
> Bert,
>
> The lost opportunity costs are beyond calculation..look at Qualcomm's
> service ... that should have been broadcasters..as it stands now its
> only a matter of time before one of two things happen.. Broadcasters
> wake up and fix this mess .. or the OTA ATSC video service will die a
> quick death (10-15 years) and the FCC will auction more spectrum to
> allow others to pick at the broadcasters carcass...
>
>
>
> William
>
>
> Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>> Nick Kocsis wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Portability and mobility trumps any amount of money if
>>>the goal is to use spectrum in a manner that serves the
>>>public and not the politicians that get all those
>>>juicy trips and dinners paid for by the lobbyists.
>>
>>
>> I guess my point was that it seemed fairly clear that the issues were
>> NOT entirely technical. There were apparently other considerations
>> there, including possible development work done in country as a result
>> of the choice. This is entirely commonplace in this sort of negotiation.
>> Not to mention the 300M Euro loan, which I doubt the ATSC so far has
>> matched (but I don't know this for a fact).
>>
>> The technical tradeoffs are debatable ad nauseam. Brazil is a
>> geographically enormous country. Certainly, anyone with the guts to do a
>> long range reception comparison test between the three standards could
>> make the case that a scheme optimized for long range, at equal bandwidth
>> and power, would be beneficial to such a huge country. Just a point to
>> consider, among many.
>>
>> Obviously, choosing a COFDM scheme would not be a mistake. However, I
>> don't think the mea culpa attitude about all related to ATSC or the US
>> govt is valid either. The price of ATSC boxes, being HD especially, is
>> simply not going to be a valid argument anymore. The cost/price
>> differential is inconsequential.
>>
>> Bert
>>
>>
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