----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > Portable TV tuners, of course, are usually dreadful at > picking up signals. Lately, however, manufacturers have > been making progress > ... > -------------------------------------- > > Isn't it odd that they would say this, John, when you've > been claiming that such perfect reception was possible > since 1999? > > Bert, 1999 mobile DVB-T performance still beats the pants off of 2005 mobile ATSC performance. 2005 mobile DVB-T performance with diversity reception beats even the wildest theoretical mobile ATSC performance with a perfect receiver and a perfect equalizer in a computer simulation. You spend one evening with an ATSC receiver (my offer to loan you one still stands) and then get back to me about how great ATSC is. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.