[opendtv] Re: 060423 Schubin's Sunday Stuff (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:14:33 -0400
Bert -
Are you saying you think that, with the new integrated sets, most OTA
users will not need rooftop rotor antennas?
- Tom
Albert Manfredi wrote:
> Mark Schubin wrote:
>
>
>>What makes you think people are using -- or even know
>>about -- the DTT-reception capability in their new TVs?
>
>
> If somewhere upwards of half of new TV buyers are buying sets with DTT
> reception capability, it seems very, very unlikely that virtually none have
> even tried OTA reception. If problems were prevalent at all, there would be
> a hue and cry, even if only a small percentage bothered to try. People are
> always happy to put on great shows of high indignation, especially if "the
> govt" forced them to shell out bucks they figure they could have saved.
> Journalists would be all over such a "story."
>
> The simple fact is, just like those tests of LG 5th gen PC cards showed,
> reception of DTT is not nearly as problematic as it used to be. If those
> cards could receive, with indoor antenna, in a straightforward manner,
> Baltimore stations from Northern VA, the only sensible conclusion is that
> indoor reception of local stations isn't such a big ordeal. And as far as we
> have been able to determine, all integrated receivers these days are of
> quality that easily rivals the LG 5th gen demods.
>
> I think the sensible conclusion is that DTT reception is/will be just as
> non-newsworthy as reception of NTSC OTA broadcasts has been.
>
> The few personal accounts I heard on DTT reception with new integrated sets
> is that it far surpasses that of any STB available, both in terms of range
> and in terms of antenna aim criticality.
>
> Bert
>
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