[opendtv] Re: First look at ATSC HD Broadcast
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:07:36 -0400
The 1999 Nokia receiver was 8K. And we were only looking to use the ON2
Codec at the time. We were also talking to Equator.
Bob Miller
John Shutt wrote:
>Bob,
>
>I could see your point for a closed universe subscription service, where you
>have an upgrade already in the R&D pipeline, are relatively confident that
>you want to upgrade within the next x months, you are fairly certain of the
>hardware requirements to support that upgrade, and that you as provider
>would otherwise have to fund the STB replacement to your entire subscription
>base at once.
>
>I was speaking of FOTA service where the consumer is free to choose his/her
>own equipment. But again, I ask could hardware in 2000 be designed to allow
>being upgraded to AVC in 2005? Look again at that Nokia STB you had in your
>hands in 1999 that didn't even have the ability to support 8K COFDM, and
>tell me it could have been designed to accept a software upgrade to run
>AVC/WM9/H.264? Maybe it could have, but it would cost almost the same as a
>PC.
>
>Note also that I am not speaking of software updates to the STB's operating
>system and program guide. That is trivial and had better be upgradeable.
>
>John
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
>
>>I disagree. We would pay more for an STB that increases capacity by a
>>factor of 50% and switch out customer receivers if that was 2x. So
>>starting with an upgradeable STB that could weather one or two upgrades
>>is worth it.
>>
>>
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