[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA

  • From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:56:42 -0400

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

>At 10:21 AM -0400 10/28/05, Mark Aitken wrote:
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>>When analog
>>goes away, as a nation that depends on the timely dissemination of vital
>>information (like where the hurricane will land, where the tornado will
>>touch down, where the blizzard will dump the load, where/when the next
>>terrorist event ... etc.), how will Americans continue to have access to
>>wireless (which TV Broadcasting was designed to be :-J) information
>>without paying a direct fee?
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>It's called radio.
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>
And you can take radio with you into the car or with a hand held device. 
It would be nice to be able to do that with TV. It would surely make for 
a more compelling argument for public safety.

Bob Miller

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>
>>Think this through, and if you are truly committed to making a
>>difference, what have you been doing to make it happen? Really? Talk is
>>cheap...
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>
>Hmmmmm...
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>
>Seems that I have been there exposing this fraud for what it is, for 
>more than a decade. This forum has been one element of that process. 
>I spent a great deal of my own money to participate in the ACATS and 
>ATSC standards processed, and the MPEG standards process. I provided 
>extensive editorial coverage of all of these issues, and help 
>Sinclair to get the message out about the whole 8-VSB versus COFDM 
>battle, both through my articles and via the OpenDTV forums at NAB.
>
>Unfortunatley, I did not have the power to get my minions in Congress 
>to gut the entire DTV transition by slipping in a bill that rendered 
>the whole thing meaningless, only three months after the FCC launched 
>the transition. That my friend was done by the folks we pay tribute 
>too ever year in Las Vegas...
>
>Broadcasters.
>
>Regards
>Craig
> 
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