[opendtv] Re: --FCC OKs WiFi between TV channels
- From: "Skip Pizzi" <skippiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:09:01 -0700
Dale is correct. At least for now, DBS provides only the NTSC channels
for its local-into-local services. The only exception I'm familiar with
is that DirecTV carries the CBS-E and CBS-W feeds in HD, and if you are
market where the CBS station is an O&O, you can receive the national HD
feed (E or W, as appropriate for your location). (Not sure, but Dish
probably has the same deal.)=20
AFAIK, all HD STBs for DBS include an ATSC tuner, and most (all?)
integrate the two tuners' into a single EPG. This is not hard for the
STBs to do, because I believe they receive all EPG data -- including
that for the local DTV channels -- from the sat provider, not from PSIP.
Note also that the new HD PVR from DirecTV/TiVo includes not one but
*two* ATSC tuners (along with two sat tuners), so all PVR functionality
is the same for both sat and local channels. (The original design had
two sat tuners but only one ATSC tuner, and DirecTV elected to miss the
Xmas 2003 retail window to retool the unit with a second ATSC tuner. It
started shipping last month, with a price tag of around $1k.)
Finally, my $.02 on the reason why some consumers might ignore the ATSC
feature: 1) The sat channels are always there (except for brief
rain-fade outages), while the terrestrial channels might come and go
depending on your location and other variables (that certainly has been
my experience, anyway); 2) The HD sat channels are ALWAYS running HD
content (ESPN-HD is the one exception, and it's soon going to be
"mostly" HD), while the terrestrial channels still run more SD than HD
content. (The latter is also changing for the better as time goes on,
but still a long ways from all-HD-all-the-time, or even
-most-of-the-time).
--SP
Skip Pizzi=20
Manager, Technical Policy
Windows Client Strategic Relations
Microsoft Corp.
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: --FCC OKs WiFi between TV channels
Dale Kelly" <res0xtey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [opendtv] Re: --FCC OKs WiFi between TV channels
> Craig wrote:
> > And, it is not as if these folks have no other option than an=20
> > antenna. If they live in the top 50 markets they can get their=20
> > locals from the DBS provider without the hassle of putting up an
antenna.
> > And some upscale homes keep the basic cable service to get their=20
> > locals.
But, can they receive the local stations network HDTV signals thru DBS
or cable, which I believe was the crux of John's original posting?
=20
Except in limited cases I believe that the answer is no, these sources
do not supply the local stations DTV services.
Dale Kelly
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