Frank wrote: > 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? I agree completely. So what's stopping these corporate executives from playing in the ATSC market? > That RFP is a joke. 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. > assuming anyone even responded to the RFP I don't understand this. Are you saying that the NAB was just making it all up? http://www.nab.org/newsroom/pressrel/Releases/100505_Thomson_LG_Converte rBox.htm I thought they selected LG and Thomson. > 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. 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. 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! 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. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.