[opendtv] Re: Bob likes COFDM

  • From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:52:48 -0500

Mark Schubin wrote:

>Tom Barry wrote:
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>>Congress could in turn ask it of Zenith/LG if they chose.  If LG was standing 
>>there waving a small box they say could be made economically it would seem 
>>very sensible for someone in Congress to ask if those boxes actually work, 
>>and can demonstrably be shown to work NOW, this year.  If not, why not?
>> 
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>For what it's worth, LG/Zenith have been demonstrating their 
>5th-generation receiver for about two years in laboratory and field 
>conditions.  The only thing relatively recent (last year) was the test 
>in my apartment.
>
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>>So again I ask, is indoor reception a criteria for analog turnoff? 
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>Good question.  This is the language in the Balanced Budget Act of 2007:
>
>"at least one television receiver capable of receiving the digital 
>television service signals of the television stations licensed in such 
>market"
>
>I believe many lawyers will be able to argue about the meaning of 
>"capable of receiving."
>
>I sent a letter to 16 members of Congress on this very issue.  If anyone 
>wants a copy, please contact me directly.
>
>TTFN,
>Mark
>
I would like a copy.

Bob Miller
 
 
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