At 11:17 AM -0700 4/17/04, John Willkie wrote: >DVB was founded in 1993. 8-VSB became the defacto standard in 1993 (adopted >by the FCC some years later, with only table three removed [why not remove >AC-3?]) So, the answer is: NO. > >John Willkie I think you're jumping the gun a bit on the date 8-VSB was selected by the ATSC and ACATS. COFDM was still being considered as late as 1994. Look at the dates on your standards documents John. Most are dated 1995 or later. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.