[opendtv] Re: Visit at Best Buy
- From: "Ralph P. Manfredo" <rmanfredo@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:37:24 -0500
John:
Interesting. I just purchased a Samsung digital STB, but unfortunately I am
on the road so I have not had a chance to check it out. When I return next
week, I'll check to see if the one I just purchased is the same. I'll let
all know. The one I have is cable ready has a Firewire connection, and that
is why I bought that version. While I have DirecTV, the DirecTV version did
not have Firewire capability.
Cheers,
Ralph
Ralph P. Manfredo
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-----Original Message-----
From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John Shutt
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:17 AM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Visit at Best Buy
Ralph,
We are a digital broadcaster, and with the several examples of consumer STBs
we have, to a unit each one requires a complete channel scan as the ONLY
way to enter a digital station. Some of the early ones will even wipe out
any previously discovered stations if they happen to be off air at the time.
Not very conducive to those who have to use an antenna rotor to tune in
different stations. However, an early generation flaw in the unit's
software, I grant.
Telling our digital viewers we are on UHF channel 55 is meaningless to them
since all the consumer will ever see is 23-1 and 23-2 as a channel number.
They will never see the number 55 anywhere, they cannot enter the number 55
(at least on the Samsung, Zenith, and Sony examples we have here) so why
advertise "Digital 55"?
Cheers,
John Shutt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph P. Manfredo" <rmanfredo@xxxxxxxx>
> Here in Silicon Valley, where we get in excess of 15-OTA TV channels, only
> one broadcaster informs the viewing public what channel number to find
> digital programming. The TV channel that announces Digital on Channel so
> and so is not even one of the four top networks.
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