[opendtv] Re: How important are new Codecs wrt OTA Broadcasting?
- From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:45:18 -0500
Definition of portable and mobile being...?
William Smith wrote:
>So far the only portable and mobile receiver (if you want to call them
>that) are the Mini ITX PC systems we are building as datacast units with
>BBTI cards. (The Tuner App will decode and display HD). They do run on
>12V.. Batteries not included..
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>Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
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>>William Smith wrote:
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>>>IMHO The modulation standard is strangling the business
>>>model.
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>>>LG claims to have the secret to 8-VSB (they should they
>>>own it) but refuses to make the solution available (except
>>>to be waved around in Congressional Hearings).
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>>Actually, LG does build their good stuff into integrated TV sets, but
>>only goes that far. So this is only useful to those who, so far, have
>>been buying relatively expensive and large sets. It's of no use to those
>>who already have TVs, even good ones. And it doesn't provide those
>>all-important PVRs and DVDRs, either. So the good stuff is being kept in
>>the closet.
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>>But it's real, and that's another one of my peeves. It's not cold
>>fusion. I see this pretense that it doesn't exist as just another excuse
>>for broadcasters to go blaming someone else for their own lack of
>>involvement.
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>>Furthermore, there are other companies that provide good chipsets:
>>Micronas, STMicroelectronics, ATI, and Samsung (that last one might not
>>yet be at full production, who knows?).
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>>It is up to *broadcasters* and their NAB to inform themselves of these
>>details, test them out, scream and shout if CE manufacturers aren't
>>providing the goods, or if they see funny business is going on. Is
>>someone getting paid off for keeping this stuff off the market? Or is it
>>just bean counters that see "no demand"? If yes to either of these, then
>>what makes you think a modulation change would change that?
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>>>LG committed to building the magic $50 decoders If Congress
>>>would set a hard date.. The date has been set .. Where are
>>>the units? Anyone else who grandstanded like that would be
>>>held in contempt of Congress.
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>>I agree with you there, 100 percent. Where are they? And who should
>>answer that question? Bureaucrats? In whose interest is it to get that
>>stuff out there so DTT works well?
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>>>Fixed, mobile and portable are the future... fixed only is
>>>dead..
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>>Fixed exists and is used a lot. Far from "dead." Market saturation does
>>not translate to "dead." Lack of media hype does not mean "dead." The
>>media can only hype up what is brand new, and best of all, what they
>>don't really understand.
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>>Portable sets, e.g. plug-in type portables, can be supported by good
>>ATSC receivers as well as any DVB-T receiver. The power draw is an issue
>>regarless of ATSC or DVB-T. Again, PC lap-top type of solutions
>>(rechargeable ~2 hour battery) can certainly work in this type of device
>>for the time being, until power reduction solutions make it to the CMOS
>>market.
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>>As of today, in all countries with DTT, handheld TV, or rather the
>>promise of that market, is going to be fed from specialized streams,
>>over dedicated frequencies. That can be accomplished here as it can
>>anywhere.
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>>As to vehicular mobility, again, that can be pushed here too. It can
>>work, and more importantly, that's the only single scenario where a good
>>ATSC solution has to be demoed.
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>>>Stations do not want to promote a system that doesn't support
>>>reliable reception.. The first impression Joe Six Pack has of
>>>DTV reception will be the one that sticks with him...not the
>>>one after he fights the antenna for an hour...
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>>Absolutely. Which is why it is up to broadcasters, and no one else, to
>>figure out where the logjam is. Pretending that the logjam is a
>>modulation standard is a sure recipe for failure, IMO.
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>>Bert
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