[opendtv] Re: Doomed to repeat the lessons of past, present and future with USDTV and DTV System M++....

  • From: Cliff Benham <cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:27:33 -0400

negrjp wrote:

>Hi, all
>About lessons of past:
>
>Today we repeat past mistakes:
>
>Remember 50's RCA versus CBS TV color systems battle?
>
>Now, the problem is incompatible DTVs systems.
>
>TTFN,
>Jonas
>from Brazil
>  
>
Like today's incompatible DTV systems which are not only technical battles,
but very much political ones as well, the CBS color vs. RCA battle
was full of political intrigue and underhanded business dealings as well.

For an interesting read about what was happening way under the color 
radar, read this:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/color_tv_cooper.html

 
 
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