[opendtv] Re: Parenthetically

Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> ... , yet another lunch ruined by a fitful streaming media feed from the BBC. 
> If only I had my portable HD Radio receiver with me, I'd tune to WAMU-3 
> instead.
>
> For all the silly talk about how difficult ATSC is, my wife and I agree that 
> getting radio and TV over the Internet is far more temperamental.
>
> And by the way, unlike digital radio or TV, the problems with online 
> streaming are not as easily fixed on a permanent basis. Why? Because the 
> sources are forever messing around with their feeds, changing their servers, 
> changing their players, changing their compression algorithms. And if that 
> isn't bad enough, virus software and firewalls at the ISPs also conspire to 
> screw things up, on an ongoing basis. You think you've fixed the problem 
> today? Wait for tomorrow.
>
> Bert
>  
Yes!  It is said that Internet time moves more rapidly than time in some
other dimensions.   That of course means things can change  faster and
it can use technology from only a few months ago instead of  from a
previous decade or two.

But busted stuff can also be fixed faster since it is mostly in software
at both ends.

And no CECB's are needed.  ;-)

- Tom


 
 
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