[opendtv] Re: 5th gen receivers
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:14:35 -0500
Doug:
> > Not forever. Just the time to use what we've got.
> > This implies perhaps 25 to 35 years.
>
> How absurd.
>
> Can you imagine anyone using MPEG-2 in 25-30 years?
>
> You must be caught in some kind of time warp Doug.
> This is 2005, not 1955.
How naive.
Twenty years ago, we were told that everyone by 1995
would be using ISDN. Yet, everyone is still using
POTS or a much more bandwidth restrictive wireless
replacement for POTS.
Fifteen years ago, we were told that by now every
household would be connected via fiber and ATM, for
multimedia access. Yet we still use NTSC for TV for
the most part, very few homes have fiber, and most
still access the Internet with modems over POTS.
Things take time to change. Get used to it. And some
things change faster than others. For example,
broadband for Internet access might be available,
but people still get their TV fix now as they did 25
years ago, except for the slightly different DBS
distribution model.
Just because things can be done differently does not
mean that they will.
Bert
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