[opendtv] Re: Kennard and Powell to the rescue
- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 19:34:26 -0500
And since it is so nifty it would not hurt to allow another
modulation. Since there is no difference according to Bert nothing
would happen. It would be a non event.
On the other hand if there is a difference all hell could break loose.
Bob Miller
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, I'm willing to speculate that 8vsb is the niftiest thing since sliced
> bread. We should switch to it on schedule and move on to the next set of
> problems.
>
> - Tom
>
> Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>>
>> Bob Miller wrote:
>>
>>> The same guys that brought you a last minute re-affirmation
>>> of 8-VSB, the receiver mandate and subsidies for converter
>>> boxes (and the converter box program itself) now have some
>>> advice.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/opinion/09kennard.html
>>
>>> Further delay.
>>>
>>> Thinking outside the box again. Who would have thought that
>>> further delay was the answer?
>>
>>> The logic being that those who made the mess somehow might
>>> know how to fix it?
>>
>> Apples and oranges, Bob.
>>
>> This delay is NOT caused by 8-VSB. This delay is caused by only one main
>> factor, and that factor would still apply even if we had DVB-T:
>>
>> Making the transition happen, countrywide, in the blink of an eye.
>>
>> My advice to the FCC is to take this request for a delay as an
>> opportunity to reschedule how the transition should be made. Doing it in
>> one fell swoop, no matter what the date, will create the same sort of
>> hand wringing and last minute stage frights.
>>
>> Bert
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