[opendtv] Re: 20050419 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)

  • From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:12:33 -0400


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>     - The "Digital Terrestrial Television Survey of Master Antenna 
> Televis=
> ion Installations on the [Australia] Gold Coast" shows that, "Put simply, 
> t=
> he master antenna (MATV) systems of many apartment and townhouse 
> developmen=
> ts are not capable of receiving free to view digital TV without 
> potentially=
> substantial upgrade costs to the body corporate," according to Tim 
> O=E2=80=
> =99Keefe, managing consultant to Digital Broadcasting Australia:
> <http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?display=3Dnews&newsID=3D648>


It seems that the major upgrade required to apartment MATV systems is to 
remove the IF processors that remodulate off air channels to other 
frequencies.  Most apartment MATV systems basically mini cable head ends. 


 
 
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