[opendtv] Re: Accurian DTV STB from Radio Shack
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:17:43 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Is it the technology? If you are correct, then ATSC
> is not at a disadvantage relative to COFDM, so it
> cannot be the technology that is causing DTV
> broadcasting to succeed in Europe.
>
> Is it the business model?
Sorry, I had not seen the "not" in "not at a
disadvantage."
I don't really understand what difference there is
in the "business model," in your view, but I would
not dismiss the technology angle so fast. I think
that finally 8-VSB has caught up, but only just
recently. As I suggested many many moons ago, when
8-VSB finally becomes capable of reception in
severe multipath environments, *then* we can start
reaping the rewards of the suppressed carrier
scheme. I do not think that past receivers were
bullet proof enough to make the broadcasters take
their DTT plants as anything more than meeting a
pesky govt mandate.
The business model in Euro DTT, for the most part,
seems to be based on more of the same FOTA
television that was provided with PAL. In Berlin,
exacly twice as many program streams as were
previously offered in PAL TV. In France, they are
adding a subscription-based HD service as well,
but that has yet to prove itself in the
marketplace. I would think that here, with the
recent announcements from NBC, ABC, and CBS, a
scenario much like that of Berlin could unfold.
Bert
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