[opendtv] Re: HDTV-Brochure_2005final
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:05:55 -0500
At 5:26 PM -0500 1/18/05, Bob Miller wrote:
>Barry,
>
>We were there as the designated "datacaster". The enemies of COFDM were
>howling that not only was Sinclair trying to delay the digital
>transition with a phony suggestion that COFDM was a better modulation
>but that they wanted to use the spectrum for datacasting and low
>resolution multicasting to mobile receivers at lower more robust bitrate.
>
>Congressman Billy Tauzin was demanding HDTV so I think that in their own
>best interest Sinclair did not want to dilute the message that COFDM
>could do HD better than 8-VSB.
>
>Mark is right. Probably was right then. We were more interested in
>changing the conversation which would probably not have helped. In the
>end it was the fraudulent test that did in COFDM.
You were doing great up to the last sentence.
COFDM never had a chance. Fraudlent tests were just a tactic. They
NEVER let science or the laws of physics get in the way of the goal.
Regards
Craig
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