[opendtv] Re: Mark's Monday Memo - off-air reception
- From: "Mark O'Brien" <mobrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:01:07 -0400
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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On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 7:45 AM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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