John Shutt wrote: > You. In 1999 I think. Don't you work for combat > systems integration for Boeing naval warfare? I don't get specific nor does the above suggest any lack of involvement into things we discuss here. But what really gets me is that you ought to be clever enough to see what is being said, to check test results or other *primary* sources, to see over the long term who is BSing and who is not, and to understand who may have a hidden agenda. In other words, there is no need to take anyone's word as if it were gospel, nor to genuflect in front of anyone. Make up your own mind based on all sources of information. Oh, yeah, just incidentally. http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/news/n_vendors_chip.shtml was highlighted in Mark's memo this week. In it, you see: "Korea-based LG Electronics, which acquired the patent on 8-VSB when it purchased Zenith in 1999, is another major player in the DTV chip market. John Taylor, vice president of public affairs for LG Electronics USA agrees with Gittings' assessment. "'The FCC DTV tuner mandate is driving down the cost of DTV tuners as the economies of scale take hold and as the volume ramps up in the industry,' Taylor said. 'Our company believes that by 2007, the cost of a DTV tuner will only be $40 more than an analog tuner, and by the end of this decade, costs will be comparable.'" Since the cost of the NTSC tuner is probably less than $5, I'd say we're getting pretty close to my $35 estimate made ~5 years ago. To which estimate I'm sticking, btw. So, in terms of cost, all this nonsense about "expensive" is just that. In terms of performance, please point to any other DTT receiver capable of Brazil E reception with less than 20 dB of C/N, when set to 3.3 b/s/Hz. 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.