At 7:40 PM -0500 3/26/05, John Golitsis wrote: >BAH! Reality called and it wants you to check in with it! > >Early adopters bought their receivers for HDTV. If broadcasters >were to offer a >service like Freeview, they would take their receivers and shove them down the >throats of the broadcasters! > Why? There is NOTHING to preclude the delivery of HD via a Freeview type service. USDTV is doing it now. The key is to use the spectrum efficiently so that you can deliver a competitive SD multi-channel package, HD when available, and premium services, like cached VOD HD movies. It's all a matter of proper system design, and a well specified, extensible platform to deliver services. Regards Craig P.S. most of the early adopters who want HD are already subscribed to cable or DBS, where they have a wider choice of HD content. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.