Doug, From your comment regarding P.T.Barnham I take it that there is a parallel in that he apparently made money by exploitation? I am not particularly familiar with his works but I understand he was successful by giving people what they wanted. I cannot say that DTV quite meets the same expectations right now. Barry On 12/16/05, Doug McDonald <mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Barry Wilkins wrote: > > > O.K. Doug, > > The implication though is that if they could double the bit rate per > channel > > by doing this then that suggests they could send more standard bit rate > > channels, which I presume would be exactly what they would do in > preference > > to improving quality. Always it would appear to be the commercially > > advantageous choice that gets the push, unless there was some > enforcement of > > a minimum standard. Do you agree? > > > > > > Why of course ... P. T. Barnum was one of the greatest > thinkers the world has even known. > > Doug McDonald > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.