[opendtv] Re: Frames Per Second of 720P

The screen size seems to have been determinative.  240 x 320 video looks
like crap on my computers.

John Willkie

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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Craig Birkmaier
Enviado el: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:42 AM
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Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Frames Per Second of 720P

At 7:45 AM -0400 7/29/08, Tom Barry wrote:
>Doe anybody understand this one?  I don't see it essential to be in 
>the  standard as, first, there are yet no dual M/H laptop receivers 
>and, second, a laptop receiver is probably software driven and could 
>easily add this option if it seemed it would sell.  Finally, even a 
>very stupid user could probably decide to change to another (M/H) 
>channel if the full channel could not be received.  I'd personally 
>rather be in control of the process.
>

My guess here is that the people who wrote this report think of 
Laptops more like portable TV receivers. Thst is, capable of using 
the full 8-VSB service and most likely used in a fixed location like 
an office or hotel room. Looks like they are discounting the notion 
that a laptop could be used in the back seat of a vehicle or on a 
bus, assuming that the viewer would choose to use their cellphone or 
a small player instead.

I got the sense at NAB that the manufacturers who are pushing this 
are looking for the next iPod. I think they believe that they can 
compete in the mobile hand held market, if only there were some 
compelling content available to drive the market. I also suspect that 
this view is driven in part by the viewing behavior of people in 
Japan and Korea, where mobile TV is already a reality.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Regards
Craig
 
 
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