I think we will see cell phones in the US able to receive FTA DTV using DVB-T2, DVB-T or DMBT viewable on its native screen, projecting its content to a 20" screen or sending its image to wearable set of glasses for HD or 3D HD. If broadcasters are still didling along with multicast of their precious content using 8-VSB and M/H they may have a problem. Bob Miller On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:23 PM, John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My feeble stab at it: > > In Europe, competing cell phone services use GSM, and sell SIM cards for > service activation. The customer is free to purchase a GSM handset > independent from purchasing service, and can port their instrument when > switching service among providers. > > Therefore, customers buy handsets with the features they want. > > Since Verizon is opening up their network to third party handsets that they > certify, perhaps that will allow people to buy phones equipped with ATSC M/H > receivers and use them with their Verizon account, instead of being locked > into only the phones that Verizon offers. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Manfredi" > <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> Transfer the argument to Europe. Can you answer what would make Europe so >> different? > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.