[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: "Tony Neece" <tonyneece@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:06:13 -0800
Guess we better start driving on the left side of the road too, since
everything done across the Atlantic, by definition, is better than here =
in
the US.
Interesting how California Wines nearly outsell French wines IN FRANCE, =
but
of course, it is the erudite among us that know anything imported is =
better.
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On
Behalf Of John Willkie
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 1:35 AM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
You need to employ's Occams razor. You've skipped over many more =
logical
reasons to get to what you claim is obvious.
John Willkie
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On
Behalf Of Tom Barry
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 3:53 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
I think it is fairly obvious by now that no company feels they can make=20
8vsb STB's or PVR's profitably, since no one seems to be doing it and=20
any possible start-up time has long since passed. Mark's Memo this week =
could find NO advertisements for same.
This may hopefully change after a forced transition, if that ever=20
happens, but there is no good reason to think it will soon change =
otherwise.
- Tom
Bob Miller wrote:
> Let me add one note.
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> If the US switched to DVB-T, presumably LG would be able to make DVB-T =
> receivers profitably for the US market. Something they say they cannot =
> do now with 8-VSB.
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> They can do it now in OZ which is only 1/16 the size of the US. So the =
> US would be a slam dunk.
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> They must have the answer that Bert is so baffled about.
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> After all they are at the center of 8-VSB. If they can't make it =
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> who can?
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> Bob Miller
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> John Shutt wrote:
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>>Bert,
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>>Let me walk you through it:
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>>If the US Switched to DVB-T, then all of those boxes made today for =
sale
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>>Australia could be easily modified to work in the US 6 MHz bandwidth =
and=20
>>frequency spacing. Europe uses 8 MHz and Australia uses 7 MHz, so all
DVB-T=20
>>chipsets sold today worldwide are 6-7-8 MHz capable. Only the RF =
front
end=20
>>needs to be tweaked for the appropriate bandwidth. (And I recall one=20
>>company that actually did make a "worldwide box" that had all three =
front=20
>>ends included.)
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>>From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>I am baffled by the implication, yours and others, that
>>>somehow DVB-T would change this state of affairs.
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