[opendtv] Re: Spectrum Repacking Looms for TV Broadcasters
- From: Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:40:47 -0400
Olivier Houot wrote:
> Just wanted to remind that we are currently
> receiving 3 HD channels per multiplex using DVB-T,
> no absolute need for DVB-T2 in this,
True. I think also Australia and Norway are doing this, even without the H.264
requirement France has. Instead, the UK and also Italy, best I can tell, are
making both H.264 and DVB-T2 prerequisites for OTA HD. But as far as I have
seen, there are no mandates yet for built-in DVB-T2 receivers in TV sets yet.
Even though Italy has had a built-in DVB-T receiver mandate for several years
already.
> But for people that had only an SD TV, they
> obviously had to buy a new TV set anyway, and it
> is now mandatory to have an integrated TNT HD
> receiver in those devices, so this may not be such
> a visible problem, except for the early adopters.
That's the way I see the DVB-T2 requirement in the UK and Italy. Might as well
make people buy the whole enchilada at once, when they go for HD, GIVEN THAT
the current crop of OTA built-in receivers or STBs can only handle MPEG-2 MP at
ML.
The upgrade requirement becomes hidden, but it's still there.
Bert
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