[opendtv] Re: 20040722 Thundering Thursday Thanks (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:29:53 -0400
Yes, it was 5th-generation. The model number is just what I read off
the box.
TTFN,
Mark
Mark Aitken wrote:
>I believe that the receiver was a "non-standard" LG LST-3100A with the
>new 5th GEN chip. The "standard" 3100A is a 4th GEN box that most likely
>would not have worked. This is an "I THINK" statement, but needs to be
>confirmed...
>
>Mark Schubin wrote:
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>>SPECIAL! DTT in the U.S. Works!
>>
>>Count me among the believers in the 5th-generation LG/Zenith ATSC receiver!
>>
>>We just did a test, this morning, in my apartment, and I thought the
>>news was too important not to release immediately. Present were two
>>senior research engineers from LG Electronics in Korea, Bob Miller and
>>an associate from Viacel, and Richard Bogner and an associate. Miller
>>had arranged for the test in my apartment. The receiver was the LG
>>LST-3100A.
>>
>>With a simple loop antenna, with NO care in the positioning, we were
>>able to pull in seven DTT stations reliably. When I say "reliably," I
>>mean not only that the pictures and sound were okay but that people
>>could move around the room and I could move the antenna around without
>>causing any breakup. It WAS possible for me to find an orientation
>>where I could make it fail, but I really had to try, even on WNYW-DT,
>>which could previously be received only with the antenna on the floor.
>>That's a big jump from previously trying to find an orientation (and
>>position) where I could make it work. For the first time, I could
>>receive signals (six channels) from an antenna atop my TV, where I
>>normally get analog channels. I received three channels reliably from
>>New Jersey. We got the same results with the classic Radio Shack dual
>>bow-tie with reflector, but other (fancier) antennas did not work as well.
>>
>>The only channel I have previously received that I could not get this
>>morning was (which we confirmed with a spectrum analyzer) off the air.
>>Two of the other channels I could not receive are operating at very low
>>power, and one has its transmissions beamed away from me.
>>
>>I now believe that any shmo with reception conditions similar to mine
>>can simply take the receiver out of the box, connect a cheap loop
>>antenna, stick it wherever it looks good, and start to receive ATSC
>>signals from all full-power, full-pattern stations.
>>
>>There has been a breakthrough! YAY! Congratulations to LG/Zenith! Let
>>the transition move forward!
>>
>>For the record, the channels I received were: WCBS-DT, WNBC-DT, WNYW-DT
>>(which carries WWOR as a subchannel), WABC-DT, WPXN-DT, WNJN-DT, and
>>WFME-DT.
>>
>>TTFN,
>>Mark
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