Cliff Benham wrote: >>> That was exactly my point, although of course I was assuming that >>> the 60 Hz issue continues to exist. Cliff disagrees. If the issue doesn't >>> exist anymore, then ATSC already allows for 24/30/60, so it would be >>> up to broadcasters and networks to stop using the odd rates in >>> production. > > I did not intend the interpretation Bert made. [ ... ] >> Do the legacy NTSC receivers that are still in use have the ability to >> lock up to a source stream that is broadcast at 60 Hz rather than >> 59.94 Hz? > > Yes. This has to be the only list where people agree but want to sound like they disagree. >> If receivers are/were NOT the problem, then broadcasters are the >> problem. > > Yes!!! Check out my original quote, with the>>> marks, and that's what I concluded from what you said. So the question is, why don't the production houses and broadcasters (NAB) push for a logical transition to a simpler scheme? Or are they, and I just don't know? Evidently, this transition to 60 Hz could have started long ago, independent of the DTV transition. And the corollary to that is, if the transition to 24/30/60 is "too hard," because the production chain is too hard to convert, then I'm not sure how that can be pinned on the ATSC standard. If the ATSC added those oddball rate as options, who were they responding to? Bert _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.