[opendtv] Re: Why did we undertake this transition in the first place?
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:06:21 -0800
Bill;
Branded channels in the ATSC world have nothing to do with RF channels, but
are mere channel identifiers, either assigned by the FCC (channels 2-69 for
the moment, 2-51 when we're beyond the transition), and via local/regional
agreement.
To say that it's stupid is -- I would assert -- legacy thinking. What
channel does your cell phone operate on?
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hogan" <billhogan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 12:49 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Why did we undertake this transition in the first
place?
> Mark Schubin wrote:
> "........auction of to-be-returned spectrum."
> ===============
> What can this spectrum be used for? Are we going to end up with taxi
> cabs and land-mobile users
> on adjacent channels to on-air broadcasters? A recipe for disaster.
>
> If the plan was to vacate the VHF channels and move totally to the UHF
> spectrum then a plan to vacate
> some VHF channels might make sense. But some stupid decision was made
> to allow the broadcaster to
> stay on their old assigned ANALOG channel or to stay on their newly
> assigned DIGITAL channel.
> But if channel 5 here in LA decides to stay on their digital channel of
> channel 31 they will always be known
> as channel 5. How dumb can you get.
>
> But they probably will not choose to put digital on channel 5 because of
> receiver design issues. The CBS
> television network owned and operated stations in the major markets that
> have a channel 2 analog assignment
> have announced they will wait and request a new assignment in the UHF or
> high VHF channel bands.
>
> Things just go from BAD to WORSE.
>
> Regards, Bill Hogan
>
>
>
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