On 11/15/06, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John Shutt wrote: > Choice of modulation is what allows Australia, a country of > 20 million people, to have "80 models of STBs for sale" while > we have almost none in ATSC. The funny thing is, in spite of all the evidence of global decoder chipsets, global tuners, and easily integrated 8-VSB demods, is that you and Bob continue to believe that the reason for this is the modulation standard. How about, just for example, if the difference were that in Australia, the retailers are willing to market these boxes, while in the US, the retailers are encouraged to hide them? That's just a conspiracy theory example, but it illustrates that JUST MAYBE, it has nothing to do with modulation? Or just maybe, US consumers are truly unwilling to use OTA TV, whereas consumers in Australia know it exists? Bert
Don't need a conspiracy theory. And it would be hard to stop retailers from selling OTA receivers if they worked. In fact if DVB-T had been allowed in the US I am sure that those 116 STB's being sold in OZ today would be made to work in the US as well. In that case anyone who wanted one could get one there via the Internet. Can you imagine the number of DVB-T STB's that would be available in the US today if we had allowed DVB-T? If OZ has 116 I would expect the US would have 300 at least. And you would be able to buy them used on EBAY for $10. Bob Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org
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