John S. wrote: >ATSC still has serious flaws and is still playing catch-up >with DVB-T. Always has been, and it always will be. >DVB-T is infinitely more flexible, extensible, >and adaptable, whereas ATSC gets kludge after kludge >that will never be adopted. And, that is fact. After spending a couple of years as a representative at ATSC and watching the blatant technical gerrymandering by the CE folks, I can say that loudly and with conviction. But, lets get on with making VSB work, it's what we have and not what we could've had that counts. > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Shutt > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:14 PM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: 200 Mile 8VSB Reception > > > Bert, > > That one report by Jan was one of the Sinclair demonstrations > that was used > to compile the report you quoted. > > The DVB-T used was 2K, first generation as well. If you are > going to assume > that ATSC receivers will get more sensitive over time, you must > make similar > assumptions w/r/t DVB-T receivers as well. > > If you think ATSC is good enough, then you are free to end > posting on this > list. I for one, as a broadcaster, am still not happy with ATSC for more > reasons than just it's performance at Mark's Apartment. ATSC still has > serious flaws and is still playing catch-up with DVB-T. Always has been, > and it always will be. DVB-T is infinitely more flexible, > extensible, and > adaptable, whereas ATSC gets kludge after kludge that will never > be adopted. > > Thank you for the lecture, however. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > John, I believe in full and honest disclosure. If you mention the > > Sinclair tests, then talk about the Sinclair tests. Not someone else's > > test. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration > settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.