[opendtv] Re: Zoran, Thomson team on digital TV reference design

  • From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:49:36 -0800

I, like Mark, was very involved in the A74 process. Let me be more direct;
knowing what we knew at the time, the recommended practice was very
marginal. Add to that the body of information contained in the studies
published by Charley Rhodes, A74 is simply unsatisfactory.

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Behalf Of Mark Aitken
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 12:07 PM
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Zoran, Thomson team on digital TV reference design

Speaking for myself...

It is a start, and I was very much involved throughout the process (one
of the subgroups being "sensitivity", not your traditional type :^) ).
Old potatoes. "Recommended Practice", not a requirement. Falls short in
some areas (where is the multi carrier spec for example??), many which
are quite important. It is a start, and not a bad one. I would argue
"not sufficient" to want to codify as a requirement. BUT....it is NOT
what we have been asking the FCC to do. As a matter of record, we have
been asking CONGRESS to DIRECT the FCC to do something (minimum
performance requirements). The FCC is supposed to be an agency that
reacts to such direction. We will see...

Manfredi, Albert E wrote:

>Maybe I'm just being too impatient.
>
>Also, it looks like A/74 is in fact doing what
>Sinclair wanted the FCC to do: establish a set
>of minimum receiver performance requirements.
>Not a bad start, as far as I'm concerned.
>
>Bert
>
>--------------------------------------
>Zoran, Thomson team on digital TV reference design
>
>(11/28/2005 10:36 AM EST)
>URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D174402038
>
>MANHASSET, N.Y. - Zoran Corp. and the Thomson Tuner
>Group have developed a digital-to-analog reference
>design that enables CRT makers to integrate, decode,
>and display digital television feeds compliant with
>the A-74 standard set by the ATSC committee.
>
>The design is based on Zoran's (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
>SupraHD 640 digital television processor and Cascade
>2 demodulator, and the ATSC tuner from Thomson
>(Paris, France).
>
>The reference design can also be used by set-top box
>manufacturers to quickly build converter boxes that
>enable existing analog TV sets to receive digital
>terrestrial broadcast stations. The design includes
>advanced development tools and a royalty-free
>operating system.
>
>"Thomson is committed to the United States market
>and hence it was important to launch tuner products
>to meet guidelines as laid out in the A-74
>recommendations by the ATSC," said Fabrice Corbin,
>marketing manager of Thomson Tuner Div., in a
>statement. "Our collaboration focused tremendously
>on guaranteeing reliable reception."
>
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