[opendtv] Re: News: FCC Floats Cash-For-TV-Spectrum Scheme
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:36:12 -0400
At 9:49 AM -0400 10/26/09, John Shutt wrote:
First, the "million watt" TV transmitters is an ERP number, not an
electricity consumption number.
Second, the big screen TVs spend much more time watching cable or
DBS than OTA.
John
The input power levels for the big sticks are still huge compared to
what a properly designed SFN would consume.
And big screen TVs would still be able to pull the EDTV signals off
the air and display them with VERY GOOD quality.
But the point was that optimizing the next DTV service for mobile -
if TV broadcasting survives at all - would significantly reduce the
power consumed by broadcasters.
Regards
Craig
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