[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:26:35 -0400
Bob Miller wrote:
> Bert says, "When reasonably priced and good recording
> devices with integrated ATSC receivers become
> available,"
>
> When? Why not now?
Don't ask me, I ain't the CE guy.
I am baffled by the implication, yours and others, that
somehow DVB-T would change this state of affairs.
ATSC is perfectly capable of being applied to such
recording devices, at prices that are competitive with
DVB-T. The question of why such products are finding it
so difficult to get to store shelves.
With the tuner mandate/agreement, you'd think such
products would be a slam dunk, wouldn't you? If I were
a conspiracy theorist, I'd guess the reason they aren't
making it to store shelves quickly is that CE vendors
make more money by building only proprietary boxes for
individual service providers. And the service providers
prefer it that way as well.
And that the American consumer is willing to be led
around by the nose by umbillical service providers more
than their Euro and Aussie counterparts are.
What do you want me to say? I don't know why these boxes
haven't been on store shelves for the past two years,
but I know it has nothing to do with RF modulation
schemes.
Bert
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