[opendtv] Re: 5th gen receivers
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:59:44 -0500
At 12:33 PM -0500 1/22/05, Tom Barry wrote:
>Or if broadcasters were to actually cooperate in getting sufficient
>guide info in PSIP free on the the air then there would be maybe a
>market for STB's that were PVR's that could be used without a paid
>subscription, making OTA even more competitive with cable.
>
>But broadcasters don't like PVR's so they probably won't help the CE
>guys here.
>
>We have the CE folks, the broadcasters, the IP conglomerates, the cable
>guys, and the satellite guys all with different agendas. What a
>squabble. No wonder Powell quit.
>
>By the time they get it all together bandwidth may be cheap enough and
>codecs good enough we can just do it all over the Internet, and a pox on
>all their houses.
>
>Just wait until someone introduces efficient ANONYMOUS P2P AVC multicast
>video streaming. ;-)
>
>- Tom
Great observations Tom.
Powell was clearly in a lose-lose situation, with the courts
overturning every decision, while Congress milks the industries
trying to protect their legacy franchises to pay for multi--billion
dollar elections. Can you say: "the Telecommunications Reform Act of
2006?"
It has been reported that Steve Jobs said he is not interested in the
Media Center concept because "cable is a monopoly." Microsoft has
spent years and billions of dollars trying to court the cable and CE
guys - even if Gates succeeds, he may wind up with an empty shopping
basket. If Tom is right, and I think he is, it may not be that
difficult for Jobs to bypass all of the walled gardens.
After decades of foot dragging, it looks like Moore's Law is about to
sweep over the industries that Tom listed. Oddly, the Telcos could
wind up the big winners by doing nothing. Supplying bandwidth is
their core business. Why bother trying to control the content?
Regards
Craig
From here, this looks like "Job speak" for: "We're going to do an
end run around all of you guys, just like we did to the record
companies..."
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