[opendtv] Re: Mobile DTV test
- From: "John Willkie" <jmwillkie@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:34:28 -0700
the blind leading the blind to ... (not the light).
John Willkie
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Mobile DTV test
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:
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>I live in an apartment downtown without cable. Why can't I get ATSC? It
>doesn't work.
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>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.
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>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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