I think it's easy to understand that if M/H is anything like A-VSB in the most robust mode, there wouldn't be any M/H. A-VSB has been around for quite some time. Adoption/interest rate: zero. Indeed, improved A-VSB would appear to be one of the proposals that ATSC and OMVC accepted for consideration, and "for the most part" A-VSB lost. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Manfredi, Albert E Enviado el: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:25 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Public M/H information Tom Barry wrote: > If you are just used to analog TV that wouldn't be true. But > after seeing blu ray or quality HD a bit then even a properly > upscaled DVD is not quite good enough when sitting close to a > 1080p large screen. This also makes me wonder about the utility > of back seat auto displays since I guess people sit pretty > close to them (I've never had one). But if it's just kids in > the back seat maybe they are fairly forgiving about video > quality. > > Upscaling 240p on a large HD display will look horrid. Though I > suppose it might still be a useful fall-back if reception > conditions did not permit the HD channel. I watch RAI and TF1 news at ~300-400 Kb/s, full screen, sitting up to a PC, and it's soft but not so bad. TF1 uses WMP, RAI uses Flash, the quality is similar. I figure, sitting a few screen heights away from an HDTV should not be any worse. The episodes on www.abc.com look much better by comparison. I don't know the bit rate, though. If M/H is anything like A-VSB, in the most robust mode, the C/N margin has to be ~4 dB, with a single receive antenna. That would be great for degraded conditions or for DXing stations from far away. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.