[opendtv] Re: FCC Eliminates Simulcast Rules
- From: "Cliff Benham" <cliff.benham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:02:24 -0400
So in a few years, when the analog channels are shut off=20
there will be a great outcry when the realities of dealing=20
with the problems of OTA digital reception come to bear in=20
terms of large outdoor antennas just to get what was=20
previously available with rabbit ears.
Will the broadcasters choose to switch back to their VHF
frequencies and give up their UHF channels?=20
VHF transmitters require lots LESS power.
Immagine installing an antenna to receive digital Channel 2=20
30 feet in the air above your house.
Can this antenna be used to receive digital Channels 5 or 9 as well?=20
Are multipath reflections worse for 8VSB at 60 mHz than 600?
How much of the 8VSB testing that has been done was done at VHF =
frequencies?
Will 8VSB replicate NTSC analog coverage at VHF frequencies?
-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Shutt
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:21 AM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: FCC Eliminates Simulcast Rules
Tom,
The idea of the simulcast rule was to ensure that people could =
comfortably
switch to digital television without losing their current programming.
Without a simulcast rule, the DTV channel can be treated as a second =
channel
with separate unique programming from the NTSC, and will make it harder
politically to ever turn of NTSC.
DTV can hardly be called a replacement for NTSC if it is not required to
duplicate what is on NTSC. The period we are in can hardly be called a
transition if you can't get the same thing in both places (analog and
digital.) If the content is not identical, it is dual broadcasting, not =
a
transition. DTV has now become a premium service, not a replacement
service.
John Shutt
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> What possible use was the simulcast rule?
>
> - Tom
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