[opendtv] Re: BBC Demonstrates HDTV Broadcasts over SD Channels
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:12:45 -0700
Good point, and I stand corrected on the year. WRAL-DT signed on the air in
late 1994 -- October as I recall. They didn't get their encoders, IIRC,
until January 1995, and I recall them being installed until early February,
1995.
John Willkie
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From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 4:15 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: BBC Demonstrates HDTV Broadcasts over SD Channels
>
> John Willkie wrote:
>
> >>2: HDTV is going to happen in Europe pretty soon. Regular transmissions
> >>
> >>
> >have
> >
> >
> >>been happening here for over 2 years.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >terrestrial? regular transmissions of HDTV have been happening in the US
> >since 1993 or so.
> >
> >
>
> Can you tell us what transmission medium was used for those 1993 regular
> HDTV transmissions?
>
> I've worked on HDTV shows since 1989 (the first was for Japan's first
> regularly scheduled HDTV transmission), but none were transmitted in
> HDTV in the U.S. until well after 1993. WHD-TV, which offered the first
> regular U.S. HD transmissions of which I'm aware, went on the air in
> 1996, and there were receivers sold that could pick up its transmissions
> (a few were built).
>
> TTFN,
> Mark
>
>
>
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