[opendtv] Re: Martin: 15% of Stations Face Smaller DTV-Coverage Areas
- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:10:44 -0400
One more. Her locations is near Metropolitan Ave and 116th St. in Kew
Gardens Queens NYC.
Bob Miller
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One followup. My daughter has a Wii, a Sony Play Station, has two
> computers hooked up to the Plasma, watches The Comedy Channel off the
> Internet and other things. Uses Hulu or whatever it is called, Netflix
> and other things. She asked me to disconnect the antenna from the
> Plasma and take it home. I asked her to try it some more herself on
> other parts of the fire escape and that I would bring a longer cable
> next time. She said no, PLEASE don't bother, WE are not interested.
>
> Going forward everyday us old folks are fading away and young people
> are inheriting this world. They are NOT interested in things that have
> problems even minor ones. They have been spoiled maybe but I cannot
> blame them.
>
> Especially once they see how easy they can get TV on a cell phone and
> other mobile devices OTA. 8-VSB OTA has no chance especially since it
> has been shoe-horned into a decrepit network plan from the 1940s and
> saddled with an inefficient codec.
>
> Bob Miller
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yes like in Queens NY. Just returned from my first visit to my
>> daughters apartment since she set up the plasma and tried to scan.
>>
>> With an indoor antenna near the TV she got 3 analog stations. I moved
>> it around and got 3 another move snagged 7 another 5. All of these had
>> good audio and video good enough to follow the action but with snow
>> mostly, off color, some lines and some were unwatchable. I got a
>> longer cable and put the antenna out the window on the fire escape and
>> later on top of the outside half of the air conditioner and changed
>> its direction from away from the city, towards the city, at the
>> apartment building across from the window and a variation. I had four
>> chances before it was time to leave.
>>
>> Got 7, 11, 15 and 17 analog channels all with audio and poor video but
>> at least 8-9 or 10 would have been watchable in a pinch.
>>
>> This is a second story apartment maybe 7 miles from the Empire State
>> Building with no line of sight, no direct line to the city but typical
>> of at least 35 or 40% of the City of New York's citizens. Actually
>> could be higher. At least 50% are on the wrong side of the building or
>> low or behind some other building or in a valley. Yes there are hills,
>> woods, valleys and other things in New York City.
>>
>> Trying to buy an LG Vue or Samsung Access cheap on Ebay to try in the
>> same apartment with AT&T's mobile TV.
>>
>> Bob Miller
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:32 PM, John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> As long as he's talking about far-field reception issues (and not close-in),
>>> the figure would have been significantly higher with DVB-T. Remember me
>>> saying over the years that BEFORE DVB-T could be used here, extensive
>>> interference and frequency-planning studies would have to be commenced?
>>>
>>> And, all the reports I have seen so far have only talked about distance
>>> reception issues (like adjacent markets).
>>>
>>> The real kicker here is: how many stations will lose coverage in their home
>>> markets? Remains to be seen ...
>>>
>>> John Willkie
>>>
>>> -----Mensaje original-----
>>> De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
>>> nombre de Cliff Benham
>>> Enviado el: Sunday, September 21, 2008 2:21 PM
>>> Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Martin: 15% of Stations Face Smaller DTV-Coverage
>>> Areas
>>>
>>> Dale Kelly wrote:
>>> Martin said that perhaps 15% of the nation's TV
>>>> stations might have carriage shrink "in a significant way,"
>>>
>>> Amazing. Who would have ever thought...
>>>
>>>
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