[opendtv] Re: Fw: Re: Post on alt.tv.tech.hdtv of interest today
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:00:29 -0400
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>>>Aha. That must be why you were complaining so bitterly
>>>about the dual conversion tuners in the first
>>>generation of Freeview STBs.
>>>
>>>
>
>John Shutt wrote:
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>>No,
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>>
>....
>
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>>I have never once complained about the success of COFDM
>>boxes or their affordability.
>>
>>
>
>John, you missed my sarcasm.
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>When you said:
>
>
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>>or the understanding that all the magic isn't in the
>>chipset but in a sophisticated RF section that would fit
>>right in with mil spec gear,
>>
>>
>
>what you are describing is what the Freeview boxes ALREADY
>HAD. We have speculated that the LG prototype used
>a dual converion tuner, for better selectivity in the NYC
>environment. If that's indeed the case, then it can be
>produced JUST AS AFFORDABLY as the Freeview boxes you never
>complained about. This is not something that is modulation
>specific.
>
>It's very possible that the combination of symmetric
>+/- 50 usec echo tolerance *and* a front end that is
>very selective is what created that magic. Just because
>LG claimed they "couldn't produce it at the price point
>they thought necessary" does not translate to $1000. It
>might be $100 vs the $50 they wanted to sell these for.
>
>In other words, before despairing, what are the facts?
>
>Bert
>
The facts are that LG has decided that they can't make a 5th gen stand
alone receiver at a price point that will make a profit for them in the
US while they can do the same in OZ, a market 1/14th the size even after
paying royalties. Something they do not have to do in the US with 8-VSB.
Bob Miller
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