[opendtv] Re: Get rid of Interlaced Media?

Various members wrote:
> Interlace provided the CE industry with a wonderful tool to
> retrench all kinds of IP that was either expired, or about
> to expire. They

> The scuttlebutt was that Zenith would not raise its royalty per
> set for including E-VSB if a licensee agreed to vote for E-VSB
> and to continue paying royalty for term of E-VSB patents.
> E. g., no increase in royalty, but a time extension.
> Struck me as an illegal tying arrangement.

> There is little room for innovation with the ATSC standard,
> and overt efforts to stifle it. A great example is the refusal
> to modify the standard to include perfectly legal MPEG-2 modes.

These incidents/issues say volumes about the ATSC process; it's mostly about
protecting ones turf.

Dale

>


 
 
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