John Shutt wrote: > The pseudo-training sequences created by A-VSB do not > contain payload. The amount of payload lost by the > Samsung/Rhode-Schwarz A-VSB method is more than the > data 'loss' Sinclair used for DVB-T compared to ATSC > during their 1999 Baltimore tests. Therefore, given > the performance of those 1999 vintage DVB-T receivers > compared to today's diversity DVB-T receivers, "almost > as good" both in terms of spectral efficiency and C/N > margins (under heavy multipath) is all you can ever > hope for. John, we are continuing to have a problem communicating. I'm NOT talking about A-VSB. I'm talking about doing something more exciting, to provide service to power-chanllenged handheld devices without incurring a payload penalty. Read back my previous, this time without assuming I was just elaborating on A-VSB. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.