[opendtv] Re: Compare and contrast to MSTV's 1999 position/testing
- From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:56:09 -0400
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From: "Tom Barry" <tom.r.barry@xxxxxxxxx>
Maybe Bert will be shown to be right and with modern receivers there will
be negligible multipath problems. If so I will be pleasantly surprised.
I am very pleased with the multipath performance of the CECB (Coupon
Eligible Converter Box) made by LG and marketed under the Zenith and
Insignia brands. I am less impressed by the Magnavox offering.
Those are the only two CECBs that I have had experience with. Both were
light-years ahead of my old Samsung SIR-T151. (or something close to that
number.)
However, that still wouldn't give us the almost infinite ability to tradeoff
robustness for payload that DVB-T offers, nor do either CECB have any
ability for mobile reception. (I know, I've tried with the Zenith box.)
My worry however isn't with the performance of these CECBs, but with the
performance of the many DTV receivers built into flat screen TVs that have
been sold over the years. I go on an average of one trouble call a week for
viewers who cannot receive our digital, and in most cases, when I plunk down
the Zenith CECB the reception is just fine, but the tuner built into their 3
year old plasma doesn't work.
It should be a very interesting day on Feb 18, 2009.
John
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