[opendtv] Re: Engineers: May 30 PSIP Compliance Costs $10,000 With No Benefit
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:05:56 -0700
Indeed, Triveni's position is either that 1)there is no benefit in PSIP
[ever notice how PSIP appears quicker than video + audio on a channel
change?] or 2) "ours doesn't work right."
Note that they purport to sell "dynamic PSIP generators." I guess I have
less limited view as to what that term means than does Rich & Triveni
Digital.
EtherGuide Emissary already meets the new PSIP reguirements, at least all
profiles save for "simple profile" which meets the requirements as long as a
human makes all changes in EPG data. So, "only" four of Emissary profiles
truly meet the requirements.
I've maintained for years that Triveni's units weren't ready for prime time.
Now, they seem to have the same position. Perhaps we should call them
"static PSIP generators."
John Willkie
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Albert Manfredi
Enviado el: Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:20 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Engineers: May 30 PSIP Compliance Costs $10,000 With
No Benefit
> http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0015/t.13189.html
>
> Engineers: May 30 PSIP Compliance Costs $10,000 With No Benefit
>
> April 25, 2008
>
> For months, broadcasters have been wondering how they'll
> meet a May 30 FCC deadline for deployment of PSIP
> systems that will provide accurate TV program information,
> even when that information changes on the fly.
[ ... ]
> "It is believed that updating legacy equipment to meet this
> new requirement will create a financial burden on small
> and medium market broadcasters in the range of $10,000
> to $15,000," the firm said in an FCC filing. "This new
> requirement represents a financial and technical burden
> for these stations to implement the equipment upgrade
> which will have no known immediate benefits."
How do the other EPGs do updates? I guess I don't understand the "no known
benefits" quote.
A proper EPG, implemented as I would have expected in PVRs, would
unquestionably benefit from real-time updates. The frequent and obvious
example being when some game runs overtime and screws up the rest of an
evening's schedule, and the recording session.
How exactly a given PVR handles this, e.g. if multiple different stations
have been scheduled for recording, is up to the PVR software designer. I
just don't see how the benefits of providing real-time updates can be in
doubt.
Unless PSIP as a whole is seen as something without benefit, of course.
Which then becomes a whole other discussion.
Bert
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