[opendtv] Re: Delay
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:01:44 -0800
So, you think that stating the obvious makes you profound?
The TRUTH is that cable will always win on the bandwidth model, since they
own their own ether. What limits them is support for analog and the bits
they devote to cable modems; but they have work arounds for those by
segmenting bandwidth to neighborhoods.
Trying to compete with them on bandwidth is a fool's errand, and it's
unlikely that even if USDTV had 10 times the bandwidth they desire that they
would be able to compete with cable on any but a half-assed basis.
The answer is a flanking move. Own your own content, and make it local.
And, devote some bandwidth to the market cable can't reach: mobile/portable.
The question is how much bandwidth to devote to it.
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Bob Miller
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 5:53 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Delay
>
> Maybe you could mention what scheme of mine your talking about and how
> you know what it requires.
>
> The reason for using MPEG4 AVC or similar codec is to allow more
> programming to be delivered with any given amount of spectrum. Makes
> things more efficient. A better business plan. USDTV understands that
> they have a better chance of survival if they use MPEG4 AVC.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> On 12/12/06, John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > That's why he says that we need to get beyond MPEG-2 technology (fat
> chance;
> > MPEG-2 systems and to a lesser extent, mpeg-2 compression layer) will be
> > around for a long time.
> >
> > Beyond using MPEG-4/AVC/VC-1, for his scheme to work, we need to have
> fewer
> > than 480x640 pixels per picture, and probably fewer than 24 frames per
> > second. Hey, it's all just waste, even on his 50" tv set. :-)
> >
> > John Willkie
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > On Behalf Of John Golitsis
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:51 AM
> > > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Delay
> > >
> > > I didn't...Bob did.
> > >
> > > He said that with COFMD, we'd have 30 or more channels. If you can't
> > > do that now with 8VSB, then what would have to change with COFDM to
> > > free up the space for this?
> > >
> > > On 12-Dec-06, at 1:34 PM, John Shutt wrote:
> > >
> > > > John,
> > > >
> > > > How do you figure that COFDM would have precluded HDTV in any way?
> > > > How do you think E-VSB or A-VSB will impact HDTV any more than
> > > > COFDM would have?
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Golitsis"
> > > > <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Ah, so you're still of the opinion that we should have gone with
> > > >> COFDM at the expense of HDTV.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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