[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:53:01 -0500
I think it is fairly obvious by now that no company feels they can make
8vsb STB's or PVR's profitably, since no one seems to be doing it and
any possible start-up time has long since passed. Mark's Memo this week
could find NO advertisements for same.
This may hopefully change after a forced transition, if that ever
happens, but there is no good reason to think it will soon change otherwise.
- Tom
Bob Miller wrote:
> Let me add one note.
>
> If the US switched to DVB-T, presumably LG would be able to make DVB-T
> receivers profitably for the US market. Something they say they cannot
> do now with 8-VSB.
>
> They can do it now in OZ which is only 1/16 the size of the US. So the
> US would be a slam dunk.
>
> They must have the answer that Bert is so baffled about.
>
> After all they are at the center of 8-VSB. If they can't make it happen
> who can?
>
> Bob Miller
>
> John Shutt wrote:
>
>
>>Bert,
>>
>>Let me walk you through it:
>>
>>If the US Switched to DVB-T, then all of those boxes made today for sale in
>>Australia could be easily modified to work in the US 6 MHz bandwidth and
>>frequency spacing. Europe uses 8 MHz and Australia uses 7 MHz, so all DVB-T
>>chipsets sold today worldwide are 6-7-8 MHz capable. Only the RF front end
>>needs to be tweaked for the appropriate bandwidth. (And I recall one
>>company that actually did make a "worldwide box" that had all three front
>>ends included.)
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>I am baffled by the implication, yours and others, that
>>>somehow DVB-T would change this state of affairs.
>>>
>>>
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