[opendtv] Re: OTA
- From: "Albert Manfredi" <bert22306@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:47:18 -0500
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Are you serious. Do you know what FOTFL means?
I know what it means, Craig. I thought you didn't understand how the
wireless links worked. Otherwise, why would you make such an irrelevant
comment?
If you bring cabled broadband into your home, then transfer to wireless
within the home, what's the big whoop about getting decent reception
indoors? The point was, wireless from outside the home, even cellular, is
not always so reliable indoors. Get it? I get ATSC indoors, but not 3G
indoors. For instance.
To compete with this broadcasters will need an RF system
that can do the same. That is why I was Falling On The Floor
Laughing about your defense of ATSC.
And I'm laughing right back at you, for your confusion. Broadcasters already
have an RF system they can AND DO use, that can do the same. There's no need
to invent anything new. It's called 3G or 4G, or regular broadband that
people can send to WiFi. Of course, none of these are going to be FOTA,
because the infrastructure is too labor intensive.
For an outdoor system, ever heard of Vcast, for instance? And for an indoor
wireless, how do you think I watch my Internet TV?
ATSC and ATSC M/H are much lower cost systems than cellular, which is their
advantage. If CE vendors don't support M/H in wireless handheld devices,
it's only because they want to dig deeper into your pockets, being in
cahoots with the wireless telcos. Get it? Do you think you're being clever
by encouraging that?
Broadcasters can share the infrastructure with two-way cellular, and deploy
in-network PVR functions, or they can pay the telcos for that service, to
distribute their content for a fee. Wow, they're already doing this!
Bert
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