[opendtv] Re: Why aren't there more converter boxes?
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:04:21 -0500
Don Moore wrote:
I'm surprised that any one of the major ownership groups has gone out
and branded a Set-Top Box for general public distribution.
I'm not.
Ignore any financial issues for a moment, and assume no reception
problems whatsoever.
Someone takes home a box and gets no pictures. Maybe it's not tuned to
any channel. Maybe it's not turned on. Maybe it's not connected to an
antenna. Maybe it's not connected to the TV. Maybe it's not plugged
into the wall.
If it's your box, it's your responsibility.
WETA-TV used to carry stuff on their SAP channel that wasn't necessarily
program related. They kept a list of instructions to help tell people
who were getting SAP when they didn't want it how to get rid of it. One
irate viewer called. The WETA person tried to find out the person's TV
so the appropriate instructions could be given. The viewer said, "It's
YOUR transmission; YOU fix it!" and hung up. WETA-TV no longer carries
non-program-related SAP.
The Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network is distributed free
all over the world. Back when Texaco sponsored it, if someone didn't
care for the mix, they might write the president of Texaco, sometimes
threatening to organize a boycott. I know this because the letters
often found their way to me. If the person was considered a bigwig, I
sometimes made house calls.
No doubt you have many free things you've picked up at conventions and
the like -- T-shirts, bags, pens, etc. If it was something you really,
REALLY liked, you might have had a brief appreciative thought. But if
the T-shirt's color ran or the pen leaked or the handle broke on the
bag, it's more likely you remembered the giver then.
TTFN,
Mark
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