[opendtv] Re: A detail in the history of video standards
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:07:15 -0700
I doubt that any country paid ATSC anything in the way of dues.
And, you continue your tradition of trying to refute something I didn't say.
I never said that Taiwan was broadcasting using 8-VSB, and I never said that
they weren't using COFDM.
What it matters to those of us in the industry -- unlike dilletantes -- is
that if you support A/65, you have to include at least the possibility of
having a rating region for Taiwan.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:42 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: A detail in the history of video standards
> Here is a decent history of Taiwan and 8-VSB. I noticed that the ATSC
> kept Taiwan on their site as an ATSC country long after Taiwan had
> officially switched. They may still list them as ATSC. What does that
> mean? I doubt if Taiwan is paying its ATSC dues.
>
>
http://www2.rfsworld.com/StayConnected/index_ie2.html?ns_head.html&http://www2.rfsworld.com/StayConnected/broadcast/broadcast_0303_2.html
>
> "In 1998, a formal decision was made for Taiwan to adopt the US
> ‘advanced television systems committee’ (ATSC) digital standard. Based
> on 8-vestigial side-band (8-VSB) technology, ATSC appeared at the time
> to be a logical choice, given its ready application to 6-MHz channels
> and the NTSC standard being used for analogue TV."
>
> And....
>
> "After changing the pilot station equipment from 8-VSB to DVB-T devices,
> it was found that the problem of multi-path interference was largely
> solved,” says Chung. By the end of June 2001, Taiwan had reversed its
> original decision and adopted the DVB-T standard."
>
> Bob Miller
>
> John Willkie wrote:
>
> >Three is greater than five. sure. But, did you note that aside from MBC,
> >the web site you pointed me to, no broadcaster outside of Seoul had
> >transmitters? I said that there were only three channels for the entire
> >country. I am corrected: Seoul has five -- per that web site -- and the
> >rest of the country has just one, a live retransmission of what's being
> >shown on MBC in Seoul.
> >
> >My point was that Tijuana -- a third world city of 2.5 million -- has
more
> >media diversity than the countries I mentioned. Funny you can only nip
> >around the edges of that. And, I can only presume that you now concede
> >Taiwan to be ATSC country. I note that not everybody thinks Taiwan is a
> >country.
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:23 AM
> >Subject: [opendtv] Re: A detail in the history of video standards
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>John Willkie wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I count at best 5 TV stations
> >>>in Seoul.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Five is more than three, and Seoul is a city, not a country.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I spent only about 30
> >>>seconds to refute your web site.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Believe what you'd like.
> >>
> >>TTFN,
> >>Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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