First part is right, second part is all wrong. Nat followed up that statement with a blistering statement of clarification later. Never suggested that it would not be better to switch to COFDM even now. Bob Miller Tony Neece wrote: >Thanks for the spelling correction. Wasn't sure how he spelled his = >name. =20 >Quoted from a New York Times article, June 24, 2004:=20 > >"LG's new technology is a giant leap toward addressing the multipath >reception problems," said Nat Ostroff, Sinclair vice president for new >technology. Now that consumers will easily be able to receive digital >broadcasts, "the incentive is there for us to go to full power." > >I also read a similar statement of his in TV Technology. From that >I gather Mr. Ostroff's position is that with the improved receivers, = >there >is no longer sufficient compelling benefit to COFDM as to warrant an on >going battle to revert back to square one with our DTV standards. =20 > >-----Original Message----- >From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = >On >Behalf Of John Willkie >Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:17 PM >To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA > >Another little missed item: it's Nat Ostroff, not Osteroff, and just = >where >did he say this? (Care to comment, Nat?) > >John Willkie > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = >> >> >[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > >>On Behalf Of Tony Neece >>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 5:43 AM >>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA >>=20 >>The simple fact is that the broadcasters did at first promote DTT. = >> >> >Then > > >>along came the controversy over changing to COFDM. That caused =3D >>everything >>to come to a halt. STB R & D stopped. Sony and others pulled back = >> >> >=3D > > >>product >>in the pipeline as well as support for HD broadcast production. It = >> >> >=3D > > >>looked >>like VHS vs Beta again. With almost no receivers out there it would = >> >> >have > > >>been asinine for the broadcasters to heavily promote their Digital =3D >>service. >>=20 >>The next step came when the dust settled over the modulation standard, = >> >> >=3D > > >>and >>even Nat Osteroff, the most ardent supporter of COFDM, agreed that the >>improved equalizers for ATSC reception made COFDM a dead issue.=3D20 >>=20 >>What then happened was that the big retailers told the manufacturers = >> >> >=3D > > >>that >>they would be wasting their time to expend R&D on STBs, because the >>retailers had decided it was not in their interest to advertise and = >> >> >sell =3D > > >>an >>item that reduced the incentive to buy new TV sets or sign for Cable = >> >> >or =3D > > >>DBS. >>It was the retailers that killed the market. I read of one retailer = >> >> >=3D > > >>that >>actually told a TV station to STOP advising their viewers to get =3D >>converters, >>because they weren't selling them and didn't want people coming in =3D >>looking >>for them!!! =3D20 >>=20 >>Oh but how much more fun it is to blame the big bad broadcasters for = >> >> >the > > >>sluggish transition, despite that for 7 years now they have been =3D >>spending >>millions upon millions for new transmitters, new STL's, new terminal = >> >> >and > > >>studio equipment, even new towers in some cases, and a double or = >> >> >triple > > >>power bill at the transmitter sites. The broadcasters did this =3D >>willingly, >>even eagerly in most cases. The station personnel dug in to learn >>completely new technology and measurement technique. No small task = >> >> >=3D > > >>that. >>=20 >>It is just too much to expect the broadcaster to carry all the load, = >> >> >=3D > > >>when >>even now, DTT receivers are few and far between in the hands of = >> >> >viewers. > > >>Now, really, does anyone truly think the retailers would be eagerly = >> >> >=3D > > >>pushing >>DVB-T STBs if we had somehow gone that route?=3D20 >>=20 >>=20 >>-----Original Message----- >>From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = >> >> >[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] =3D > > >>On >>Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E >>Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:29 PM >>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA >>=20 >>Frank wrote: >>=20 >> >> >>>Does anyone think there is any real chance that the >>>FCC could be convinced to reverse it's decision on >>>allowing COFDM? How many corporate executives are >>>foolish enough to bet their careers on a business >>>model that assumes such a change of heart will happen >>>at the FCC? >>> >>> >>=20 >>I agree completely. So what's stopping these corporate >>executives from playing in the ATSC market? >>=20 >> >> >>>That RFP is a joke. >>> >>> >>=20 >>That RFP is only a joke if the NAB allows to become a >>joke. In my opinion, it's a good way to kick start the >>market, because it should convince the CE guys that >>*broadcasters* are actually interested in DTT now, as >>opposed to before. And by the way, if anything, the >>NAB ought to include recording devices as well as >>bargain basement simple STBs. >>=20 >> >> >>>assuming anyone even responded to the RFP >>> >>> >>=20 >>I don't understand this. Are you saying that the NAB >>was just making it all up? >>=20 >>= >> >> >http://www.nab.org/newsroom/pressrel/Releases/100505_Thomson_LG_Converte > > >>rBox.htm >>=20 >>I thought they selected LG and Thomson. >>=20 >> >> >>>Most companies that are actually in the IC business >>>and highly capitalized have given up on that idea for >>>ATSC DTT. Good luck to any newcomers. >>> >>> >>=20 >>But the 5th gen LG chips exist, in quantity production, >>do they not? I don't understand what you're saying here >>either. And it looked like Micronas is also getting >>into the chip market, and perhaps Samsung too. >>=20 >>Leaving aside the conspiracy theory for why these DTT >>products aren't coming to market, the only rational >>explanation I can come up with is that the broadcasters >>have been so uninterested in pushing this transition >>that the CE guys saw no credible market out there. Maybe >>the CE guys are expecting OTA to die. (Or maybe Dale is >>correct, and the CE guys are *ensuring* that OTA will >>die.) I'll accept that poor performance was a good >>reason for broadcasters to be uininterested -- in the >>past! >>=20 >>Now that decent and low cost receivers have been demoed >>and that some of these are being sold (in LG integrated >>sets, anyway), the best way to get DTT going is for the >>broadcasters to get in the thick of the action, JUST >>LIKE their cable and DBS counterparts do. >>=20 >>Bert >>=20 >>=3D20 >>=3D20 >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: >>=20 >>- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >>FreeLists.org=3D20 >>=20 >>- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >>unsubscribe in the subject line. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: >>=20 >>- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >>FreeLists.org >>=20 >>- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >>unsubscribe in the subject line. >> >> > > > >=20 >=20 >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >FreeLists.org=20 > >- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.