[opendtv] Re: News: DIRECTV Sued Over HDTV Picture Quality
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:16:54 -0400
Albert Manfredi wrote:
> We have seen many reports of the LG 5th gen-based ASTC receivers for PCs
> doing quite well with indoor antennas, even for reception from 50 miles
> away or more or reception in congested RF environments. If 3rd gen STBs
> such as mine are less than bulletproof at indoor reception, this is not
> the case for newer receivers. Which means, if the "reality" you mention
> is reality, it will be only due to deliberate sabotage of DTT by
> whatever dark forces in the US.
I personally harp on the cost of $50 STB's because I do not think they
will exist. You talk about 5th gen PC cards but I don't even know of
any current $200 5th gen STB's, much less $50. The $50 STB was part of
Congress' plan for the 2009 shut off. If that part of the plan does not
exist then maybe other parts will also fail.
- Tom
Frank Eory wrote:
Bingo! I suspect that nobody will be willing to make them. The TAM
may be as high as 10's of millions of units, or it may not even be as
high as 1 million units. The ATSC STB market will also be extremely
short-lived, with sales peaking in the first year after NTSC shut-off
and declining rapidly each year afterward.
I agree with this, especially because by this coming March 1st, all TV
sets and all recording devices must have built-in ATSC. A couple of
years of sales, *unless* the stand-alone STBs have some sort of extra
appeal. Such as better performance than the built-in receivers, or
perhaps an Internet connection for interactivity of VOD for stuff on the
Web. The sort of thing the marketers make a big deal about in the UK and
in Italy, for example, as if having Internet access is in any way
related to the modulation standard or to DVB-T.
No one knows exactly how American consumers will respond to
the reality that a secondary TV set in the bedroom or kitchen
will no longer be able to receive free OTA signals after NTSC
shut-off.
We have seen many reports of the LG 5th gen-based ASTC receivers for PCs
doing quite well with indoor antennas, even for reception from 50 miles
away or more or reception in congested RF environments. If 3rd gen STBs
such as mine are less than bulletproof at indoor reception, this is not
the case for newer receivers. Which means, if the "reality" you mention
is reality, it will be only due to deliberate sabotage of DTT by
whatever dark forces in the US.
By the way, don't let reviews scare you away from shows you think you
might like. The TV critics have to sit through hours and hours and hours
of shows and you never know how their mood might be when the view any
one of them.
Bert
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