[opendtv] Re: First look at ATSC HD Broadcast
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:34:27 -0700
It wasn't foolish based on (now) six year old tests and old receivers and
STBs? Were these people interested in buying used STBs and broken down
receivers?
Did you ever consider telling them to buy a used DTC-100?
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:04 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: First look at ATSC HD Broadcast
> John,
>
> I wouldn't say it was foolish, based on the performance of the units we
> still have here at the station, and certainly not based on the 1999
Sinclair
> Baltimore tests. I was die hard gung-ho 8-VSB until those demonstrations.
> Then I realized that the ATSC emperor had no clothes.
>
> I tried to be part of the solution in 1999 by supporting the Sinclair
> petition. The problem is that nobody else in broadcasting did, because
they
> believed NxtWave and Motorola and Sarnoff Labs when they all said "wait."
>
> We've waited long enough.
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Golitsis" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > You said "wait" based on the foolish assumption that reception would
> > fail.
> >
> > If you're not part of the solution...
>
>
>
>
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