John Willkie wrote:
IF Congress wants to make the transition to DTV happen and extend it in a reasonable manner – it looks doubtful that they will be able to extend the hard date at this point – here’s how to do it.This came up in a discussion with my customer Jeremy Lansman last night (he’s ready to do the transition with the flip of a switch, and can’t wait). I think we’ve stolen the idea from Nat Ostroff, but I haven’t read the Ostroff idea.)Simply, tell the operators of analog television stations that they have to cut their analog power by 3 dB on February 17, and by 3 dB for each succeeding 17^th of the month. And, lift the Congressionally-imposed ceiling on converter box rebate coupons. (The only real hold up these days is one imposed by Congress.)
3 dB is a joke! It's barely visible, if at all. Now 10 dB, that would work as you suggest. 20dB is quite a difference. Doug McDonald ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org
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