[opendtv] Re: Martin: 15% of Stations Face Smaller DTV-Coverage Areas
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:18:48 -0700
Gee, can I watch local news day and date, same time, on a cell phone? How
about network news? (No to either.)
John Willkie
-----Mensaje original-----
De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Bob Miller
Enviado el: Sunday, September 21, 2008 4:07 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Martin: 15% of Stations Face Smaller DTV-Coverage
Areas
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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