[opendtv] Re: How important are new Codecs wrt OTA Broadcasting?
- From: William Smith <wsmith@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:46:34 -0500
Bert,
IMHO The modulation standard is strangling the business model.
LG claims to have the secret to 8-VSB (they should they own it) but
refuses to make the solution available (except to be waved around in
Congressional Hearings). LG committed to building the magic $50 decoders
If Congress would set a hard date.. The date has been set .. Where are
the units? Anyone else who grandstanded like that would be held in
contempt of Congress.
Fixed, mobile and portable are the future... fixed only is dead..
Stations do not want to promote a system that doesn't support reliable
reception.. The first impression Joe Six Pack has of DTV reception will
be the one that sticks with him...not the one after he fights the
antenna for an hour...
My opinions only...
William
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> Don Moore wrote:
>
>
>>We've allowed cable and satellite to replace our
>>transmitters to the point where they (cable and
>>satellite) are wanting direct, raw, un-compressed
>>feeds so they can provide the best signal for their
>>subscribers.
>
>
> Who's "we," white man?
>
> Seriously, though, broadcasters can certainly help speed up their own
> demise. I can think of no better way than continuing to blame a
> modulation standard for their own lack of enthusiasm/initiative.
>
> I don't know whether Korea is a cable TV culture, like the US, Germany,
> and Benelux countries, or whether it's more an OTA culture like France,
> Italy, and the UK. If it's an OTA culture, then providing more OTA
> programming, and better OTA image quality, would be a draw to DTT. If
> it's a cable TV culture, these new features don't seem to create a big
> stir all by themselves.
>
> Still, in spite of all the negativity, there seems to be a steady 15
> percent or so of households here that don't go to subscription TV, and
> an extra healthy percentage of sets, probably more than another 15
> percent, that also rely on OTA distribution. So in principle, there's no
> call for the constant barrage of negativity.
>
> Also, there is no country I know of where DTT is taking over in a
> convincing manner. Even in the OTA countries, governments are having to
> force the issue at some point, and seem loathe to do so.
>
> Bert
>
>
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