Bob Miller wrote: > If broadcasters were not married to must carry there > would be no 8-VSB modulation in the US and we WOULD > have adopted DVB-T. I think you entirely missed the point. If both retailers and CE vendors get a kickback for getting people hooked on subscription services, there is a DISINCENTIVE for retailers and CE manufacturers to sell OTA equipment. Get it? It pays *not* to sell OTA equipment, because CE vendors, retailers, and of course the service providers, get, or may get, a consistent revenue stream from each sale of MSO-type equipment. CE vendors and retailers don't get that from selling OTA equipment. It's a one-time sale, imagine that concept. So now we're back to your mantra about "what if we had adopted DVB-T." No change. The modulation type makes no difference. This should have started to become obvious after 4th and 5th gen chips became available, already 2 years ago, and are having such a hard time finding their way to store shelves. If this situation is real, I have to wonder why it's allowed to go on. Isn't that "collusion," or something along those lines? 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.