[opendtv] Re: Digital TV: Brazil to Adopt Anything But the American System
- From: "Nick Kocsis" <kocsis_nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:36:59 -0500
Bert,
This is Brazil under discussion and not America that has the best government
that money can buy .
Portability and mobility trumps any amount of money if the goal is to use
spectrum in a manner that serves the public and not the politicians that get
all those juicy trips and dinners paid for by the lobbyists. If I am
right 300 million Euros will buy a lot of non-ATSC STB converters at
current market prices. A much better deal than non subsidized ATSC boxes
that are more expensive, that claim to be the product of 'intelligent
design', that at the same time have not completed their cycle of
'evolutionary' development into a product that does both mobile and
portable.
I am afraid that too many of us are of a mindset that if enough money is
involved you can buy anything.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Digital TV: Brazil to Adopt Anything But the American
System
> Mark Aitken wrote:
>
>> Found this one today. Could spell disappointment for some.
>> The breaking point appears to be:
>> No Mobile
>> No Portable
>
> You forgot the biggest "breaking point," as I read the piece:
>
> Loans in excess of 300M Euros?
>
> Quoting:
>
> --------------Begin--------------
> Besides the Japanese and European models, there is the American system,
> which has not yet been completely ruled out. Expert opinion is divided
> over which is the best format for Brazil.
>
> "The Americans said they could offer more innovations by July. The
> Europeans offered loans on the order of 300 million euros. The Japanese
> are also offering 300 million euros and tools from their system that can
> be developed in Brazil," ...
> ---------------End----------------
>
> Whether mobility is supported or not by ATSC improvements, I sure hope
> dynamic echo tolerance, as well, as echo tolerance in general, is worked
> in future updates. Doug's idea of using the inherent flatness of the
> 8-VSB spectrum, over a short time window, as "training sequence" seems a
> very good approach. Not only that, it also provides a convenient excuse
> why 8-VSB might have been better than (single carrier) 64-QAM after all:
> because the time window for measuring the flatness of the spectrum is
> cut in half!
>
> Cool. We have an excu... I mean reason. Now let's get on with it.
>
> Bert
>
>
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