[opendtv] Re: As an Alternative to a Trip to a Video Store, Movies Through a Set-Top Box - New York Times - opendtv

[opendtv] Re: As an Alternative to a Trip to a Video Store, Movies Through a Set-Top Box - New York Times

From: Frank Eory <frank.eory@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:29:00 -0700

Kon Wilms wrote:

>Last time I checked they were going away from analog and using DTV
>bandwidth for their 2nd gen box. I wasn't aware that viewing anything
>but datacasted content was part of their featureset though..
>
>Cheers
>Kon
>  
>
I also remember that around 4 or 5 years ago the plan was to migrate the 
Dotcast service to DTV channels, but there is no hint of that on thier 
web site. Even back then, it wasn't clear if they planned to use a 
fraction of the ATSC transport stream for thier datacasting or rather 
continue with a proprietary transmission system.

Keep in mind that it must work, and work robustly.

-- Frank

>> Well, actually, my post was made AFTER I talked to a MovieBeam "guy". I 
>> asked how the signal was being delivered, and he said it was datacast 
>> using the "HDTV" channel. I then asked "Then, can this box be used to 
>> receive the over-the-air local HDTV broadcasts?" to which he said 
>> "Yes!". I then asked the question a bit differently, and the response 
>> was "You can also get your local HDTV channels". So, my thought was that 
>

 
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

[opendtv] Re: As an Alternative to a Trip to a Video Store, Movies Through a Set-Top Box - New York Times

Other related posts: