[opendtv] Re: ATSC STB availability?
- From: Ron Economos <k6mpg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 04:12:43 -0800
If equalizer range is the metric, then is the Broadcom
BCM3520 a 5th-generation device? They claim
-35 to +49 microsec. See:
http://www.broadcom.com/collateral/pb/3520-PB04-R.pdf
Ron
Mark Schubin wrote:
>It depends on your definition of "acceptably well." If you're
>interested in watching only ABC, yes, many of them are fine. If you're
>interested in watching CBS and are willing to have an antenna on a
>tripod in the middle of the room carefully aimed, a few of them are
>reliable. Those same few will work fine picking up Fox, too, but only
>from a completely different antenna location (on the floor in the
>corner). Changing channels between CBS and Fox, therefore, also
>involves moving the antenna from the tripod to the floor.
>
>Only the 5th-generation LG was able to receive all of the local stations
>that showed up on a spectrum analyzer from a single antenna position and
>orientation. And it went beyond that. It was truly plug-&-play. Stick
>a loop antenna on the input, and -- Presto! -- stable reception of just
>about anything.
>
>By the way, I feel that I should note that I think my apartment is not a
>particularly difficult reception location. NTSC's here are acceptable
>with simple rabbit ears. The 5th-generation LG has an equalizer window
>of -50 to +50 us (4th generation is -10 to +30, 1st generation was -3 to
>+10). Someone recorded a 56 us ghost in Philadelphia.
>
>TTFN,
>Mark
>
>
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