Another reason to switch to COFDM? Bob Miller Craig Birkmaier wrote: >At 12:14 PM -0500 12/21/05, Bob Miller wrote: > > >> Or as California hopes all receivers will be made to comply with >>their law. Congress was worried that this would increase the cost of >>their $50 receiver. Is there a physical law that would preclude the >>building of an HD 8-VSB box that works at the power levels prescribed by >>these laws? >> >> > >Never say never, but the numbers I am hearing say that an ATSC >set-top box will need upwards of 15 watts for normal operation. The >equalizer alone may come close to the power limit in NY and CA. > >Regards >Craig > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.