[opendtv] Re: OTA
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:48:38 -0500
At 3:03 PM -0600 3/8/12, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
You misunderstood my point.
We live in a valley that is quite distant from the transmitters. The
DC market area can hardly be described as one giant valley. The
towers are way out there, on higher ground but not within anything
approaching LOS, and we live in a relatively narrow, small valley.
The LOS "requirement" is therefore, far as I can tell, not factual
anymore. May have been for the 1st gen receivers, I wouldn't be
surprised, but things change.
I think that Frank Eory wrote a very good ATSC document years and
years ago, stating that the expectations for DTV reception had
changed. All I'm saying is, receiver performance changed too, after
that document was published.
All of this is interesting, but mostly irrelevant. Only a small
percentage of people in the U.S. are still watching TV via antennas -
and here I am speaking about ATSC receivers, not other mobile devices
that ALSO have antennas.
If you think that broadcast TV is going to experience a renaissance
with the existing ATSC standard, you are living in another world. But
there is hope that they will get the next standard right.
Regards
Craig
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