Seems that this is a national pastime in Brazil though this article still says that ISDB-T is the choice. http://rawsocket.org/?p=168 "Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo jumped the gun on the Brazilian digital TV choice I reported here <http://rawsocket.org/?p=166>." Bob Miller Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >Bob Miller wrote: > > > >>http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u105765.shtml >> >> > >Well, here's an article duel, then. > >The decision is supposed to be made today, however this article: > >http://noticias.uol.com.br/economia/ultnot/valor/2006/03/09/ult1913u47354= >.jhtm > >says otherwise. > >"But, yesterday, in London, president Luiz In=E1cio Lula da Silva denied = >that the government already has determined which the standard of digital = >TV to adopt in Brazil. > >"The protesters ask that the government postpone the decision from now = >to next year. It takes time for people to understand the difference = >between the systems and come up with a decision on what to adopt for the = >country. It would be the time so that the society understands the = >difference between the diverse systems and can think on what it wants = >for the country. The protesters still say that it takes two years for = >Brazilian researchers to develop a home-grown system. And that, instead = >of importing technology, Brazil could have its own system." > >Here's the original: > >"Mas, ontem, em Londres o presidente Luiz In=E1cio Lula da Silva negou = >que o governo j=E1 tenha decidido qual o padr=E3o de TV digital a adotar = >no Brasil. > >"Os manifestantes pedem que o governo adie decis=E3o para daqui a um = >ano. Seria o tempo para que a sociedade entenda a diferen=E7a entre os = >diversos sistemas e possa opinar sobre o que quer para o pa=EDs. Os = >manifestantes dizem ainda que, h=E1 dois anos, pesquisadores brasileiros = >v=EAm desenvolvendo um sistema pr=F3prio. E que, ao inv=E9s de importar = >tecnologia, o Brasil poderia ter o seu pr=F3prio sistema." > >Bert > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.