[opendtv] WAS: --FCC OKs WiFi between TV channels
- From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 08:56:17 -0400
If I can be serious for one moment, my advise to you (and others) would
be to wait until the 5th generation (I would specifically point the the
Zenith 5th as being a good target point for acceptable performance).
There is a world of difference in demonstrated "real world" performance
(I will provide personal witness to this fact), and I dare say that the
5th generation solves most of the multipath issues (Mark Schubin, if you
could get Zenith to come to your place with the product I have seen and
used your problems could well be licked! Really!). There may be other
issues that impede the ability to receive (selectivity, sensitivity,
AGC, etc.), but from what I have witnessed, the 5th generation provides
acceptable performance in multipath environments at (a SWAG) ~95% of
locations.
Hows THAT for a statement?
Having given this advise to my friend John (and one of the other Marks),
I would add to this entire trail of a discussion... Had the 5th
generation performance I have witnessed in the "real world" been the
norm for 2nd generation product, and had consumer product "hype" met the
target promised, the transition would be in an entirely different phase
of evolving. Anyone who thinks that there has been stalling and
continues to try to pin that one on "Broadcasters" as a group simply is
ignorant of the facts!
Rapidly changing market conditions happen every day...
John Willkie wrote:
>I suspect that the manufacturers are meeting demand. Never, when I've asked
>a retailer in the last three years if they had a Samsung or Zenith STB in
>stock, was I told no. I might even buy one within a few weeks.
>
>John Willkie
>
>
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Regards,
Mark A. Aitken Director, Advanced Technology
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