John Shutt wrote: > And Bert's insistence to the contrary, I know very well we > could have done better. Some people are just inconsolable. The facts are, one by one all the oft-repeated objections to 8-VSB have dropped by the wayside, as was predictable from fairly early on. The dreaded cliff effect remains, of course, which affects all modulation schemes. It would be great to do another comparison test now, but since no one would benefit from it, it won't happen. Alas. The most recent complaints that bite the dust convincingly are the price of ATSC receivers and their supposed power hog nature. We addressed price yesterday. And if you check the specs of the new Coby HD box, the DTV-140, you will find that even though this is an HD receiver, its max power consumption is 10 watts. Just 2 watts higher than the EU limit for new SD boxes. No word on power draw of the Coby SD box. http://www.cobyusa.com/manuals/DTV140.pdf Of course, with the conflict of interest caused by the must-carry rules, it doesn't do broadcasters any good to get excited about their OTA medium, and **that's** the real shame of it. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.