Bob Miller wrote: > So no one will use that option, there will be no shootout. > > I am so unhappy. Me too. Really. Although I expect you are voicing your opinion here, rather than stating a fact? Did the Chinese representatives tell you that they weren't going to do any comparison tests for their own market? If they have both choices always available, it seems inconceivable that they wouldn't try just for the fun of it. I would, even if on my own time. > And inventory cost for maintaining multiple different > stocks of tv sets based on modulation are high and > will get higher. > > If all Chinese TV manufacturers are making one size fits > all TV sets all manufacturers worldwide will have to also. Since several of the major design houses have been announcing global reference designs, for some time now, eventually you'd expect such sets to reach the store shelves. I suppose that "global" will probably incorporate an ever increasing number of variations, however, as more countries come on line with their flavor of DTT. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.