Bob, That's interesting. Why was it not in Sinclair's best interests at that time to show the Mediascreen? Barry -----Original Message----- From: Bob Miller [mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2005 5:15 a.m. To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: HDTV-Brochure_2005final Craig Birkmaier wrote: >Please do not take this personally. If all=3D20 >broadcasters were as forward thinking as Sinclair=3D20 >we might not be in this mess. You know ALL too=3D20 >well what happens when Sinclair tries to be=3D20 >innovative... > >Regards >Craig > Actually its all Sinclair's fault because at the Congressional hearings=20 in 2000 they refused to show the Nokia Mediascreen which would have=20 demonstrated mobile reception of COFDM definitively and forced the=20 issue. :-) Bob Miller =20 =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org=20 - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.