[opendtv] Re: The "real" problem with OFDM in the U.S.
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 07:55:24 -0500
At 9:41 PM -0500 3/6/05, Tom Barry wrote:
> > I'm not sure what would have been a more appropropriate
> > stategy.
>
>If it was not desirable to suddenly allow longer range reception then
>possibly they should have chosen a strategy that focused more on highly
>reliable indoor reception with set top antennas. It just seems silly to
>design a new system with a criteria that it cannot surpass the old one.
>
>And in this day and age a high tech system with that goal cannot
>survive. I still maintain it was a DUMB choice.
The coverage criteria was based on the same old story -
market-into-market interference. It had almost nothing to do with
equaling NTSC coverage, other than the reality that you still have to
protect for interference into neighboring markets.
Regards
Craig
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