[opendtv] Re: Parenthetically
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:46:31 -0500
At 12:51 PM -0600 11/4/09, 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.
Funny how some people view a huge benefit as a problem.
The ability to continuously evolve the underlying technology is what
has allowed us to migrate from downloading JPEG stills, to short,
very poor quality video clips, to reliable high quality streaming in
the same time frame that the ATSC standard was developed and deployed.
If I have a good WiFi link I can stream ALL KINDS of TV content in
real time today with NO quality problems. The problem comes when I
want to use the AT&T 2G/3G network to do the same. The big pipes are
ready, now it is mostly a question of getting enough spectrum to make
4G work for everybody.
Regards
Craig
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