[opendtv] Re: Zenith/LG NOT announcing new STB's based upon 5'th gen chip
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:47:08 -0800
I'm having trouble parsing your thoughts. Like "business plans that
broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers get excited about"
Gee, I always thought it was about pleasing consumers, not intermediaries.
Few consumers care about business plans.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Zenith/LG NOT announcing new STB's based upon 5'th
gen chip
> Many consumers on an individual basis would and are very eager to say
> that 8-VSB doesn't work. It seems that if it works for you it works, if
> it doesn't work for you it doesn't. When I say works I mean works as a
> system that generates business plans that broadcasters, manufacturers
> and retailers get excited about.
>
> 5th gen receivers with just a whiff of positive press that suggest they
> "work" have ignited a lot of excitement about OTA again from the likes
> of Sinclair, USDTV, Emmis, myself and others. From the very beginning
> all I ever wanted was a modulation that worked.
>
> Go on AVSForum today and count those who are salivating for 5th gen and
> moaning at LG's supposed retreat from manufacturing them. A lot of
> people regularly suggest that 8-VSB doesn't work on AVSForum even though
> it is politically incorrect to do so there.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> John Willkie wrote:
>
> >Consumers - given a choice -- would never say that 8-VSB doesn't work.
And,
> >the U.S., apparently, will be the only country (save perhaps Taiwan,
which
> >ain't a country) that will ever permit 8-VSB and OFDM modulation to
> >co-exist.
> >
> >John Willkie
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:55 AM
> >Subject: [opendtv] Re: Zenith/LG NOT announcing new STB's based upon 5'th
> >gen chip
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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