[opendtv] Re: First look at ATSC HD Broadcast
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:29:01 -0400
What happened was that after the hearing in the summer of 2000 where
Congress was considering changes to the DTV transition in a biannual
review they entertained the notion that we could allow COFDM or switch
to COFDM. It was left open with the prospect of a test of the two
modulations which would help Congress and the FCC to make up their minds.
That test was fraudulent.
That test was used to kill any hope for COFDM. While we waited for test
results we had every reason to believe that COFDM would be allowed based
on what we knew would be very good numbers for COFDM and very bad
numbers of 8-VSB. The very bad numbers for 8-VSB did arrive. But COFDM
had been sabotaged.
That is what happened.
Bob Miller
John Willkie wrote:
>No, what happened? Oh, others weren't able to get Congress and the FCC to
>change laws and the rules? That was in 1999. Or, are you alluding to 9/11?
>
>John Willkie
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 12:30 PM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: First look at ATSC HD Broadcast
>
>
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>>I think the difference in cost for using the Equator chip at the time
>>would have been no more than $50 which would have been a very good deal
>>looking back. We fully expected to be ordering such receivers by early
>>spring of 2001 but of course you know what happened.
>>
>>John Shutt wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>Bob,
>>>
>>>Again, a closed universe subscription service where you fund the STBs.
>>>
>>>
>And
>
>
>>>you had a near future codec in the pipeline. I am not familiar with
>>>Equator, but could their 2000 chipset support today's H.264?
>>>
>>>John.
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The 1999 Nokia receiver was 8K. And we were only looking to use the ON2
>>>>Codec at the time. We were also talking to Equator.
>>>>
>>>>Bob Miller
>>>>
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