[opendtv] Re: First look at ATSC HD Broadcast
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:42:08 -0400
I disagree. We would pay more for an STB that increases capacity by a
factor of 50% and switch out customer receivers if that was 2x. So
starting with an upgradeable STB that could weather one or two upgrades
is worth it.
Penny wise pound foolish IMO.
Granted if you are selling them the market would give you little for the
upgrade potential. That would be an expensive education process.
Bob Miller
John Shutt wrote:
>Craig,
>
>The PC model is not valid, because as software codecs become more
>sophisticated, more memory and computing power is required. I cannot run
>WM9 on a 133 MHz Pentium machine. It is almost impossible to design a
>software updatable STB that anticipates the processor and memory
>requirements of some unknown future codec.
>
>Also, hardware decoders are much faster and cheaper than software decoders,
>and we are talking about a market where saving five cents per unit matters
>most.
>
>John
>
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