[opendtv] Re: 1080p: Time for a Reality Check
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:27:23 -0700
Most? That's funny. Many of the old ones -- bought in the first rounds --
are Harris Flexicoders. It's the standard unit used at CBS stations, for
example.
Here in San Diego, I think we're down to one station with a Harris
Flexicoder. Here's a recent example. A local cheif engineer needed to add
captioning to his old Harris Flexicoder. No problem, the folks at Harris
told him. That will be $335,000. For the upgrade.
He bought a new Tandberg unit for less than $50,000, with the captioning
support he needed and didn't get with Harris.
Captioning is a big issue here: the local FCC field engineer in charge has
her own ADA checklist. All local stations now pass. Few Flexicoder users
will: certainly none economically.
Have I given a big enough hint?
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Economos" <k6mpg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:06 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: 1080p: Time for a Reality Check
> Most broadcast encoders at DTV stations are Harris Flexicoders.
> I don't think they support 1080p@24.
>
> Ron
>
> John Golitsis wrote:
>
> >Mark, are most broadcast encoders 1080p24 capable? Have they always
> >been?
> >
> >Oh, and to answer your question, I'm not in retail any more, so I
> >don't care what people do with their credit cards! But even when I
> >was, I would never advocate or recommend a product that I personally
> >didn't believe in. 1080p would be one of those items though. The
> >pixel structure on 1280x720 sets was just too visible for my liking.
> >
> >On 6-Jul-05, at 3:43 PM, Mark Aitken wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Can you take the time to detail some of the mistakes beyond "there
> >>is no
> >>1080p HDTV transmission format"? Or, is the lost interest based on
> >>maybe, just maybe, some folks might actually put off whipping out the
> >>credit card for a purchase? Because if that's the case, I really think
> >>this one should stop folks in their tracks!
> >><http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/07/04/
> >>business/3d.php>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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