[opendtv] Re: Digital TV: Brazil to Adopt Anything But the American System
- From: William Smith <wsmith@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:22:31 -0500
Bert,
The lost opportunity costs are beyond calculation..look at Qualcomm's
service ... that should have been broadcasters..as it stands now its
only a matter of time before one of two things happen.. Broadcasters
wake up and fix this mess .. or the OTA ATSC video service will die a
quick death (10-15 years) and the FCC will auction more spectrum to
allow others to pick at the broadcasters carcass...
William
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> Nick Kocsis wrote:
>
>
>>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.
>
>
> I guess my point was that it seemed fairly clear that the issues were
> NOT entirely technical. There were apparently other considerations
> there, including possible development work done in country as a result
> of the choice. This is entirely commonplace in this sort of negotiation.
> Not to mention the 300M Euro loan, which I doubt the ATSC so far has
> matched (but I don't know this for a fact).
>
> The technical tradeoffs are debatable ad nauseam. Brazil is a
> geographically enormous country. Certainly, anyone with the guts to do a
> long range reception comparison test between the three standards could
> make the case that a scheme optimized for long range, at equal bandwidth
> and power, would be beneficial to such a huge country. Just a point to
> consider, among many.
>
> Obviously, choosing a COFDM scheme would not be a mistake. However, I
> don't think the mea culpa attitude about all related to ATSC or the US
> govt is valid either. The price of ATSC boxes, being HD especially, is
> simply not going to be a valid argument anymore. The cost/price
> differential is inconsequential.
>
> Bert
>
>
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