[opendtv] Re: Toward digital TV
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:58:49 -0500
Albert Manfredi wrote:
> I repeat: technical inadequacy might have been a
> valid excuse in the past. Technical inadequacy
> CANNOT be a valid excuse this season, when LG
> (for one) sells an apparently adequate solution with
> DirecTV boxes, but continues to sell an obsolete
> design, which existed last year, with FOTA DTT-only
> boxes.
OTA reception available only as part of a subsidized sat receiver deal=20
is certainly nothing new. Showing this was one of the main reasons I=20
started doing annual AVS hardware polls about 5 years ago.
There has never been any significant portion of USA OTA-only STB sales,=20
since the dawn of time. I think we can safely assume the CE companies=20
do not feel it would be a good business proposition to make them. I=20
don't expect those CE companies to suddenly start making them tomorrow,=20
or next year, or before hell freezes over. Something will have to=20
change first.
- Tom
> Bob Miller wrote:
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>>You keep saying that but it is just as obvious to me that
>>modulation is the issue. The real question is if we had
>>DVB-T in the US why wouldn't we be doing as well as
>>other countries like the UK, Japan and France to name
>>a few?
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> Maybe because those countries have a higher percentage
> of OTA households, so the manufacturers figure on a
> greater demand.
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> Maybe because in those countries, cable and DBS services
> don't give kickbacks to manufacturers for providing
> hardware for subscription services only, creating a
> disincentive for FOTA hardware. (Assuming this is
> true, which of course I don't know, but it has been
> aledged by two broadcasters here.)
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> Maybe because in those countries, the DTT multiplex is
> made much more attractive that the analog OTA
> choices, suggesting that broadcasters are really serious
> about deploying a better OTA service than before.
> Whereas here, so far, the DTT and NTSC choices
> are pretty much the same. Which leads manufacturers
> to think there will be scant demand.
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> Mobility per se is not even the issue. The DTT plants
> are primarily designed for fixed service, be it portable
> or not. Even the DVB-H streams seem like they will
> not be using the same 8 MHz bands as DTT.
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> I repeat: technical inadequacy might have been a
> valid excuse in the past. Technical inadequacy
> CANNOT be a valid excuse this season, when LG
> (for one) sells an apparently adequate solution with
> DirecTV boxes, but continues to sell an obsolete
> design, which existed last year, with FOTA DTT-only
> boxes.
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> Bert
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