[opendtv] Re: Use their spectrum? Now that is a threat!
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 12:19:17 -0500
Tom Barry wrote:
>inline ...
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>Craig Birkmaier wrote:
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>>>>How to get there from here is the big problem.
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>>>I disagree. Getting there from here is simply the arrival of a working
>>>and reasonably priced 8-VSB receiver. LG's 5th gen will work.
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>>Technology FOLLOWS business decisions, it does not lead them.
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>It does both. There is both a supply side and a demand side to business
>decisions. Management wants to produce what they can sell to customers
>and these decisions are based upon the demand side. This is mostly all
>that marketing people see. But there is also a supply side of
>technology management decisions that somewhat comes out of engineering.
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>Often this is seen as a negative force that just says "Oh, we can't do
>that'. But it is the supply side of technology that determines which
>products can be effectively produced and which can't. Since customers
>don't even always know which technology solutions may be possible the
>often won't ask specifically for some possible product until it is
>obvious. However they (and marketing departments) will ask for Dilbert
>type scenarios that are beyond current possibilities. I've often used
>the analogy that it could be proven there is a demand for anti-gravity
>or flying cars, but a small problem in the implementation.
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>But once there is a proven design then you can start matching it to
>demand. I had previously taken the news of the Zenith 5'th gen chip
>tests at Mark's as a sign of this.
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>>If the FCC decided next week to "let the market decide" on modulation
>>- the original Sinclair proposal - nothing would change.
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>Can't argue, probably still true at this point.
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>>If you can create a viable mechanism, by which existing broadcast
>>licensee's can migrate to a new infrastructure for multi-channel FTA
>>broadcasting, then the right business decisions will be made, which
>>will result in the choice of the best technology to reach the maximum
>>number of homes...reliably!
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>The transition is far enough along that cheap ATSC STB's (5'th gen) that
>worked with set top antennas would probably be enough to push it over
>the edge and get it all rolling very soon. This would open up the
>various possibilities for OTA being a business, at least assuming we can
>make the multi-must-carry fantasies go away.
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>But it relies on new technology that is not being sold yet. Otherwise
>the HDTV transition is probably just a transition to nicer cable
>pictures (which is coming along just fine).
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>- Tom
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>>Regards
>>Craig
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Found a LG 5th gen based manufacturer with prototypes. Am trying to get
one for testing.
Bob Miller
BTW Good book
http://samharris.org/
THE END OF FAITH
"A must read for all rational people."
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