[opendtv] Re: How important are new Codecs wrt OTA Broadcasting?

  • From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:42:18 -0500

Manfredi, Albert E wrote:

>Bob Miller wrote:
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>>They are setting up a "task force" which will include broadcasters.
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>>http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060221/4/2g5tj.html
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>>That should be interesting since broadcasters there fought so
>>long and hard to can 8-VSB. Maybe the whole thing will blow up
>>once again. It certainly should.
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>It should be very interesting. This time, perhaps Samsung and LG will
>say there's no problem with the standard as is, since they seem to have
>some good solutions. If they can sell them there, maybe we can get some
>state of the art STBs and recorders here too.
>
>Bert
>
I think the point is that they can't sell them there. That is the point 
of having the "task force". The emphasis on "force" since they are not 
selling. And since broadcasters are involved I wonder if they may turn 
this task force into another run at switching to COFDM.

Bob Miller
 
 
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