[opendtv] Re: First look at ATSC HD Broadcast
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:44:39 -0400
John Shutt wrote:
> It depends on what the 'magic' is. If it is a tunable preselector bandbass
> filter, then we are talking more expense than a consumer piece of equipment
> wants to have.
>
I remember when the original cold fusion news broke back in the
day I read in Mad Magazine how it was confirmed by a janitor
discovering the process going on in a lavatory mint. He said it
was unmistakable. ;-)
Whatever. I would be willing to buy a "tunable preselector
bandbass filter" if it did the job. Heck, they can sell Monster
cables and Terk antennas.
> Maybe Bob's latest PCI cards have found the secret behind Cold Fusion.
>
Bob? Bob? I switched over from watching a Veronica Mars download
to see if you had posted yet? You out there?
- Tom
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>Just out of curiosity, is there anything in "a very expensive RF
>>front end" that cannot be somehow done digitally? That is, is it
>>something that large scale integration and mass production can't
>>make better, cheaper?
>>
>>I sort of thought we established on this list when I asked before
>>that the "very expensive" amount didn't really mean all that much
>>money compared to the total cost of a digital TV or DVR. (extra
>>$10?, $20?)
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