Turns out that political realities ARE engineering realities with the process that exists today... So, until there is a change in the political realities... As I have been saying for quite some time now... "I won't say it on OpenDTV, but COFDM has many advantages over 8-VSB; however I have to make a business with 8-VSB." Oh, wait a minute, did I just say that?... or was it someone else? Oh yeah, that's right, what _*/I/*_ meant to say was... "I've already said it many times (not lurking) on OpenDTV, COFDM has many advantages over 8-VSB; however I have to make a business with 8-VSB." ;^) John Willkie wrote: >Unlike some, they're too busy to sit around and blow smoke about what "could" >or even "should" have been. Take out the "blowing smoke" and you have >Sinclair's position; but then one has to contemplate the political, as opposed >to engineering, realities. > >John Willkie > > -- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Regards, Mark A. Aitken Director, Advanced Technology <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< =================================== Sinclair Broadcast Group 10706 Beaver Dam Road Hunt Valley, MD 21030 =================================== "There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ George Washington ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ =================================== Business TEL: (410) 568-1535 Business MOBILE: (443) 677-4425 Business FAX: (410) 568-1580 E-mail: maitken@xxxxxxxxxx Text PAGE: page.maitken@xxxxxxxxxx HTML PAGE: 4436774425@xxxxxxxxxx www.newscentral.tv www.sbgi.net =================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.