[opendtv] Re: Cost of "good" vs. "bad" receivers
- From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:50:11 -0700
"Those who use OTA are satisfied with NTSC. Those who aren't satisfied with
NTSC go to cable or DBS..." - Bert Manfredi
I'm not sure if you are saying OTA consumers are satisfied with the quality
of NTSC or the programming on NTSC, but either way, I disagree.
In my opinion, people subscribe to CATV and DBS if the additional diverse
programming is of enough value that they are willing to pay for it and they
can afford it.
For those that can't afford fee based programming, they might not be
satisfied with NTSC but must accept it. (Of course, some of them might be
satisfied, too.)
For those that can afford it, many are not satisfied with NTSC because TV
programming on the whole does not satisfy them.
For me personally, if I gave up other things in my budget, I could afford
CATV or DBS. But other things are more important to me at this point so I
stay with free OTA NTSC and look to other ways of getting media when it
does not satisfy. In fact, I am not satisfied with it's quality of picture
or programming (quantity or diversity).
Then there are those that look to other means of transmission such as
physical media, internet delivery, and media sharing (networked or
physical).
As far as video quality, NTSC is better than analog CATV, SD DTT is better
than SD CATV and SD DBS, and HD DTT is better than HD CATV and HD DBS.
Sadly, all forms of distribution and transmission are much lower in quality
than the original source material. I thought the promise of the digital
revolution was to deliver original source material quality without the
losses usually ascribed to analog. So I don't think video quality has
anything to do with which delivery system is chosen
So I think there are very few satisfied with NTSC and yet still do not
subscribe to CATV of DBS. But I could be wrong. Perhaps I am reading too
much into your (Bert's) statement, but I personally was hoping that DTT
would deliver better quality and more diverse programming for free. But
that doesn't seem to be happening, yet.
Dan Grimes
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