[opendtv] Re: Bob likes COFDM

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:47:51 -0500

Tom Barry wrote:

> If it is truly just a Moore's Law delay then ATSC
> will eventually be fine.  If not then maybe it won't.
>
> Frankly I believe Congress should ask Zenith/LG to
> prove it in controlled tests since they claim to now
> be able to do so.

Wow, you might be onto something here. I never thought
the notion of govt funded STBs made a lot of real
sense, but you might have made me a convert.

If the US govt is truly expecting to use the money they
tax from hard-working people, to buy these boxes, then
the hard-working people who are funding these freebies
have a right, even an obligation, to make sure their
money isn't going down the sewer.

I submit there's a good case to be made for Congress,
who represents the hard-working people they levy taxes
from, to charge the FCC with the responsibility to test
these boxes, and ensure that they at least match NTSC
reception prowess.

In fact, having seen the successful LG design, why
shouldn't the FCC be directed to use that as the gold
standard at this time?

Bert
 
 
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