[opendtv] Re: People DO watch LPTV
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:39:41 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> and thanks to their patience, they are able to leapfrog most
> of the early deploying countries with H.264.
I would have imposed H.264 too, in their place. But as we have seen,
it's not nearly as big an advantage as the hype has implied. In
practice, it probably means slightly less macroblocking, but no more
multicasts, going from the estimates they have announced for their
multiplexes.
> You sure are hung up on this simulcast issue. It's kinda
> funny, considering the reality that simulcasting is a way
> of life here in the U.S. We have and will continue to have
> analog cable, and for MANY markets, the DBS operators will
> continue to offer SD, not HD locals, at least until they
> have the capacity to do HD.
That's funny.
You don't see this as lack of vision on the part of cable (especially)
and DBS? And also, you don't see that spectrum is much more precious for
OTA TV than it is for cable?
> Perhaps what you are viewing as complaints was really just
> my opinion that we could have deployed a scalable system that
> would support various levels of receiver complexity?
As I said, in New Zealand, they did the right thing and mandate HD
compatibility. They did not do the WRONG thing, mandating wasted OTA
spectrum for unnecessary simulcasts, as you once again suggest here.
Furthermore, they fully accepted the initial much higher costs of their
STBs, to support H.264. Knowing full well that the price will soon come
down. Precisely the type of analysis that "someone" could not bring
himself to do wrt ATSC.
Bert
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