[opendtv] Re: Transition report

John Shutt wrote:
 
> As if eking out the last bit of spectral efficiency
> is the goal of broadcasting. What do YOU care of a
> station would choose to broadcast a single 480p
> widescreen SD using 6 Mbps of data rate at QPSK? It
> would fully meet the FCC requirements, and it is up
> to that station's management to decide if it meets
> their business model. Maybe it would become the new
> "cable placeholder."
 
EXACTLY, John. In fact, why should I care if they offer image quality that's as 
fuzzy as analog TV really was, mono low-fi sound like in the 1960s, and no more 
than 6 channels per market?
 
Hey, the important thing to me must be the "business model" of the broadcaster. 
I should be happy to subscribe to cable and I should ask the cable company to 
raise their fees, so they can afford to pay more for retran consent. What else 
could possibly matter to moi?
 
Bert
 
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