[opendtv] Re: New Thread: What becomes of Legacy Analog Equipment

Mark Aitken asks...

Bob Miller wrote:
All systems that want to pick the right modulation that is best and have receivers that would not work if they do so have to face the possibility of rendering all those legacy receivers obsolete. The UK is facing that possibility and will make the rational decision IMO to do just that, make many current receivers obsolete.
NO PROBLEM WITH THAT!!! That is what I advocate. I ADVOACATE doing JUST that here in the US because it is the rational thing to do. If in the testing we find that a state of the art 8-VSB modulation is the best so be it.
What is crazy is using the current legacy receivers as a way of protecting the current modulation and codec when switching is the logical thing to do, to a newer version of 8-VSB if that proves best.
Yes all current STMB or DVB-T systems are saddled with legacy receivers but not idiotic ways of thinking about updating their systems. 
Define idiotic, please...?


Bob Miller
On Nov 27, 2007 1:33 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: 

    Bob Miller wrote:

    > Any realistic comparison in any real world test between
    > these standards would doom any concoction of 8-VSB saddled
    > as it is with legacy receivers.

    That's an absurd comment, Bob.

    All systems are saddled with legacy. Try using DTMB in a DVB-T
    country.
    Or try drawing benefits from DVB-T2 with a DVB-T receiver.

    Bert




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