[opendtv] Re: 20050627 Mark's Monday Memo
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:17:02 -0400
Bob Miller wrote:
> It emphatically does not have to be made to work. We have been "making
> it work" unsuccessfully now for years. We could petition Congress to
> change the modulation. If all broadcasters and many like ourselves did
> that it would happen. Congress is operating in an information vacuum. I
> saw that a few weeks ago when I confronted Congressman Barton on the
> need for a decent receiver.
>
> He was totally convinced that there was NO problem. That is what
> manufacturers tell him because manufacturers think that is what he wants
> to hear. It was the same back in 2000. No one tells Congress what is the
> reality.
Actually I believe that eventually broadcasters will tell the truth to
Congress about how well 8vsb does or does not work. They are probably
laying the groundwork for it now, but will wait a bit. It seems fairly
likely to me that if we ever get within about 12 months of the time when
broadcasters have to give back their spectrum that will be the time when
broadcasters will start officially claiming we need something better
than 8vsb. And they will be believed, with quite a stink.
- Tom
> Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>
>
>>Frank Eory wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'm still waiting for a data point - just ONE
>>>unbiased data point - that shows a long range
>>>reception advantage of 8-VSB over COFDM.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Me too.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Sure we have portable laptops, and some of them
>>>even get more than 2 hours of battery life. But
>>>they don't compare well in size, power or
>>>battery life with simple transistor radios.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Agreed. Ditto for digital radio. This will take
>>more time. The fact is, right now, including DVB-H,
>>you can't transmit a common digital signal that is
>>at the same time high quality and receivable by
>>low drain devices. DVB-H simply assigns spectrum
>>for that specific purpose (even if it's sharing
>>the spectrum with a TV station, it still ain't
>>free).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>The profit-minded sensible business folks have
>>>moved on, while the zealots continue to promise
>>>perpetual motion machines and "cold fusion" ...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The simple fact is, in spite of your "sensible"
>>business folk, more than 22 million households
>>have been depending on OTA TV for a good many
>>years now, and the FCC has not and shows no signs
>>of "moving on" to anything other than 8-VSB.
>>
>>So say what you will, but 8-VSB has to be made to
>>work. And is being made to work.
>>
>>Bert
>>
>>
>
> It emphatically does not have to be made to work. We have been "making
> it work" unsuccessfully now for years. We could petition Congress to
> change the modulation. If all broadcasters and many like ourselves did
> that it would happen. Congress is operating in an information vacuum. I
> saw that a few weeks ago when I confronted Congressman Barton on the
> need for a decent receiver.
>
> He was totally convinced that there was NO problem. That is what
> manufacturers tell him because manufacturers think that is what he wants
> to hear. It was the same back in 2000. No one tells Congress what is the
> reality.
>
> Bob Miller
>
>
>
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