[opendtv] Re: Martin: 15% of Stations Face Smaller DTV-Coverage Areas
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:16:10 -0700
Gee, have you noticed that:
1) they have bigger fish to fry, including spending $700 billion for a
stupid bail out and;
2) THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY they will gain from the auctions?
You are the epitome of a "silo guy" you only see what is above and below
you, and care not of other things. At least most silo folk ACTUALLY know
their subject area.
You are a marketer, or at least your ambition is to be one.
John Willkie
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Bob Miller
Enviado el: Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:44 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Martin: 15% of Stations Face Smaller DTV-Coverage
Areas
This week I will be meeting with Congressman Fred Upton who is the
ranking Republican member now and was the Chair of the House
Subcommittee on Telecommunications for six years. Would love to bring
up the history of 8-VSB with him but this, unfortunately, will not be
possible because of the nature of the meeting.
I tried to get through to him for most of those six years unsuccessfully.
Next spring will provide enough grist for this mill. And maybe by then
we will have seen a lot of dead brush cleared away from D.C.
Bob Miller
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
> <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Bob Miller wrote:
>>
>>> 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 ...
>>
>> Just as I thought, Bob, with indoor antenna, she has abysmal reception
>> of all TV, be it analog or digital. That's why such a small number of
>> analog channels are even viewable, forget about acceptable, in a market
>> such as NYC.
>>
>> In such circumstances, of course, digital TV would most likely be over
>> the cliff.
>>
> No Bert not digital TV, 8-VSB digital TV. If Verizon works easily and
> well using Qualcomm's Mediaflo where 8-VSB fails then it is not about
> digital TV at all, it is about the modulation.
>
> If Verizon's service or AT&T's service or another one aimed at larger
> screens using a COFDM based modulation succeeds while OTA DTV
> delivering free HDTV fails or stutters along at under 3% of households
> then it may be because of the modulation.
>
>> But again, instead of making high drama out of something obvious, what
>> would the European experience be, in similar circumstances?
>>
>> Simple answer: call the antenna guy. He would install a proper antenna
>> way up top. That's what they do.
>>
> That is not what they do seven miles from the transmitter. Seven miles
> from the transmitter in a situation where you can receive up to 17
> NTSC signals good enough for audio and a fuzzy screen that you can
> make out the video on would mean that with a COFDM system you would
> have perfect reception, no need for an antenna installer.
>
>> Over here, in such circumstances, almost everyone happily caves in and
>> buys cable.
>
> No need to cave to cable!!
>
>> Even if the building once had a central antenna system, and
>> this one must have had, that internal coax plant was most likely usurped
>> by the cable company long ago.
>>
> No need to depend on that old coax. With COFDM at 7 miles none of this
> even comes up.
>
> Bob Miller
>
>> Bert
>>
>
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