John Shutt wrote: > The only irony is that had the US adopted DVB-T COFDM in 2000 in > response to the Sinclair proposal, HD and Dolby Digital audio would > have been included in the standard. Yes, and probably also inner interleaving. But the proposal included the willingness to reduce ERP, in order to fit within the FCC planning factors. So to me, the user, it would have meant either more difficult reception or, more likely, lower spectral efficiency, as the broadcasters dialed back to a higher FEC or to 16-QAM, to compensate for the power deficit. (Remember that my "antenna farm" is at ground level inside the fireplace. I love it being in there.) DVB-T2 may have been an easier fit. Anyway, given how many of the broadcasters are not exactly using their channel efficiently, the impact of lowering spectral efficiency may have been minimal. Except for stations that do it right, like our MHz Networks and its 10 subchannels (over two carriers), or others that transmit HD + 3 SD in their channel. And good luck with any ideas that we might heva upgraded to DVB-T2. OTA broadcasting will disappear before that happens. 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.