[opendtv] Re: Zenith box at Radio Shack

With the "room" still available for improvement being vast we could "hope"
for more than "slight" IMO.

Unless like the frog we are hopping 1/2 way to the wall with each hop. We
will never get there and the wall for 8-VSB being something far short of the
real world possibilities already achieved and passed by other modulations.

Bob Miller

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Manfredi, Albert E <
albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dale Kelly wrote:
>
> >> It would indeed be ironic if the DTV converter boxes perform
> >> better than integrated TVs.
> >
> > As previously expressed on several occasions, this has been my
> > concern from day one. Anecdotal comparison reports from Cliff
> > and John S. now indicate that this concern could indeed have
> > merit.
>
> What Cliff explained was a situation in which each newer product
> performed better than the older one, with the improvement slowly
> diminishing. The improvement between the Philips, maybe ~1 year old
> design, and the brand new STBs being described as "slight." Which is
> pretty much what one would hope for.
>
> The Samsung STB used the older ATI Xilleon 240 demod and decoder, which
> is a couple of years old now, I think.
>
> Bert
>
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