[opendtv] Re: Bob likes COFDM
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:16:09 -0500
>Oh, and buy back all those ATSC set-tops too. If you don't do it, I'm
>going to sue you.
>
An interesting thought. If the owners of ATSC set-tops have a basis for
lawsuit, why don't the owners of NTSC TVs?
The answer would seem to be that the NTSC TVs will have "converters" "generally
available," to use the language of the Balanced Budget Act.
So, what if COFDM-to-8VSB modems were "generally available"? Zenith has
already demonstrated relatively inexpensive 8VSB modulators for just such
purposes, so the converter would need only that, a tuner, and a COFDM demod --
none of those expensive HD decoders, scalers, and broadcast-flag-proof digital
outputs.
Just an experiment in speculation.
TTFN,
Mark
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