[opendtv] Re: Digital TV: Brazil to Adopt Anything But the American System
- From: Brian Park <floman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:31:08 -0600
I too have a Panasonic HDTV with a Dish Tuner, but with a Silver Surfer
(is that the right name?) antenna stuck in a corner of the room for the
local networks, plugged into the Dish box. Works great, although I just
vaguely pointed it towards Austin's antenna farm. Your friend is missing
some great HDTV that a $40 antenna would give him.
bp
Um, I've decided to resurface after being dark for a few years - got a
new business plan for an HD HMD, so I'm busy getting it going.
John Shutt wrote:
>Last Sunday I was invited by my next door neighbor to watch the Super Bowl
>on his Panasonic rear projection HDTV. He subscribed to Dish HD and
>local-into-local. The entire system was set up by a Dish subcontractor,
>including the two dishes required to receive all of the various services he
>subscribed to.
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>We watched the entire Super Bowl in 4:3 SD pillar box because my neighbor
>did not have an off air antenna, and didn't understand that Dish
>local-into-local for our market was 4:3 SD only.
>
>The local ABC affiliate (my former employer) still enjoyed the added
>eyeballs of my neighbor and his invited guests added to their Nielson
>rating, but we didn't enjoy the HD that the local affiliate was providing
>because of consumer confusion. After explaining the need for an off air
>antenna in order to receive network HD in our market, my neighbor said it
>wasn't worth the hassle because most of the HD he watched was sports and
>movies, which were off of the dish anyway.Where is Broadcasting's advantage
>there?
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>I would wager that 9 out of 10 HDTV sets in the US of A are tethered to
>either a DBS or Cable system. The advantage that a broadcaster has over DBS
>or Cable is the ability to reach receivers without the need for a tether to
>the wall. ATSC is simply another tether to the wall, leading to the rooftop
>antenna instead of a satellite dish or cable head end, but still a tether.
>
>Imagine how successful FM radio would be if you could only receive it with a
>fixed rooftop antenna.
>
>John
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:05 PM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Digital TV: Brazil to Adopt Anything But the American
>System
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>>You guys just enjoy your daisy-chains, don't you? Pardon the intrusion of
>>an adult.
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