[opendtv] Re: Mobile DTV test
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:17:18 -0400
Sam,
It was because there were no royalty bucks for ATSC if they adopted
COFDM. Sorry.
You see one thing in the planning for DVB-COFDM was the small allowance for IP
royalties. Only about 1/10 that of those for 8-VSB. This was short sighted to
say the least when you hope to bag a country like the US where you know the
political process takes far more grease than that.
The US could duplicate the UK model in a heartbeat with $50 receivers today if
it wasn't for the political animal that must be fed in DC.
That being said I would place most of the blame on three parties. The CEA in
its short term stupidity, CBS in its short term stupidity (and both for their
utter disregard for the US consumer) and the lack of support from the DVB-T
side. Other players that didn't help would include ABC/NBC that caved though
they knew better when first pressured by the likes of Congressman Dingell and
cohorts.
It will be interesting to see how the GAO ducks the modulation used in Berlin
when they report to Tauzin on the Berlin transition. Or maybe someone forgot to
tell them they should duck that one. Now that would be interesting.
Bob Miller
Sam Churchill wrote:
>I'm a consumer, not an engineer...so answer me this:
>
>I live in an apartment downtown without cable. Why can't I get ATSC? It
>doesn't work.
>
>Why can't the United States duplicate the UK's success with off-the-air
>FreeView on a $99 settop?
>PLEASE tell me the reason is NOT because there were no royalty bucks for
>ATSC if they adopted COFDM.
>
>Consumers aren't stupid. ATSC screwed up.
>Am I missing something or am I telling the truth?
>
>You tell me.
>
>Sam Churchill
>Portland, OR
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>>However, if the popularity of mobile phones with cameras continues to
>>explode, then it would be the natural platform for any future "portable"
>>television screen. The DVB-H standard that is being proposed is aimed at
>>precisely that market. Obviously something that the
>>ATSC standard could never duplicate.
>>
>>Once again, Europe is ahead in the Digital Television wars.
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>>Cheers,
>>John Shutt
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