[opendtv] Re: 20050627 Mark's Monday Memo
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 01:44:19 -0700
IF all broadcasters could agree on anything, it would be news.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:35 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20050627 Mark's Monday Memo
> 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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