The only thing that dropping the simulcast requirements has done is to give broadcasters ammunition in the fight with the cable companies over dual must carry. John Shutt ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Golitsis" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sure, but then it would be impossible to devote the entire bandwidth to HD. > Force broadcasters to offer lower quality HD in order to maintain simulcast? > That doesn't make sense. Hence the change. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.