[opendtv] Re: Mark's Monday Memo - off-air reception

They were only showing their E-VSB demo at the drafthouse.  That demo
had to be canned because it would require them to install their E-VSB
modulator at the TV station, which would require the station to
broadcast with a non-standard modulation system.  They are trying to get
it to become part of the standard.  They were not showing their 5
generations of VSB chips at the drafthouse, so no reason to do off-air.
Mark

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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Mark's Monday Memo - off-air reception

At 10:02 PM -0400 4/29/04, Mark Schubin wrote:
>Thanks!  I saw the Zenith demo at the PBS Technology Conference but was
>surprised that they didn't attempte reception in the DTV Drafthouse,
>given their great spot.

Maybe they did try.

While the location was next to a window, I'm willing to bet that the=20
multipath was probably vicious in that location. The window faced=20
west, looking toward the strip; the building blocked signals from=20
Black Mountain. It is likely that there were some very strong echos=20
off of some of the bigger hotels on the strip, possibly stronger than=20
the actual signal. And the window appeared to have the same metalized=20
tinting used on so many buildings in Vegas.

Regards
Craig
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