HDTV in Europe using MPEG-4

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"Weekend Guru" <HD Guru@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> I guess if any of us were starting a new system today, we'd also opt for
> MPEG-4; however, I'd point out that this is not an OTA system...so the
> service provider also supplies the reception hardware, and....it would be
> wonderful if 8-VSB had had the advantages of MPEG-4 when the "standard"
was
> being set. Heavens...Monday morning quarterbacking is always 20/20. If
we
> awaited the "perfect" solution, we'd never make a decision to move
forward.
>
I'm still almost weeping over how much I paid for an Olympus 1.3 mega pixel
digital camera about four years ago, especially when I look at the
specification of a new model at well under half the price!



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"Bob Miller" <robmx@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Weekend Guru wrote:
>> I guess if any of us were starting a new system today, we'd also opt for
>> MPEG-4; however, I'd point out that this is not an OTA system...so the
>> service provider also supplies the reception hardware, and....it would be
>> wonderful if 8-VSB had had the advantages of MPEG-4 when the "standard"
>> was being set. Heavens...Monday morning quarterbacking is always 20/20.
>> If we awaited the "perfect" solution, we'd never make a decision to move
>> forward.
>>
>
> And the reverse is also true. If in too much of a hurry you pick a bad
> solution you never move forward at all. We have not moved forward for the
> last 8 years.
>
> In fact the reality of the digital transition in the US presents an
> opportunity. Since to date it has been such a total disaster we could
> scrap it at little cost and reap fantastic rewards by upgrading now to a
> better codec, MPEG4, and since doing that would make all current receivers
> obsolete, we could also upgrade our modulation system.
>
> That upgrade could be to a more modern 8-VSB or to a COFDM based system
> like DVB-T, ISDB-T or DMB-T. Whichever is judged best today.
>
> The rewards would radically outweigh the cost of switching. The value of
> the OTA spectrum to both broadcasters and the public would quadruple with
> just the change to MPEG4. The cost savings for reception would decline
> drastically for a number of reasons.
>
> 99% of the public has yet to invest in DTV. With the ancient and
> problematic 8-VSB we have little economies of scale so receivers cost
> more. Reception is bad so the cost of antennas, rotors and their
> installation is higher. 99% of these cost remain in the future. By
> switching to MPEG4 and a COFDM modulation we would save many times more
> than the cost of the switch while increasing the value of the spectrum
> many many times more than the cost of the switch.
>
> Consider if you are even an early adopter of 8-VSB. You have a receiver
> and tomorrow you hear that their is a new receiver that cost a quarter of
> what you paid for the one you have. It will allow you to receive four
> times as many DTV programs and in most cases you will not need an outdoor
> antenna.
>
> Most early adopters have been willing to buy new 8-VSB receivers on the
> rumor that they might work a little better or let them receive one more
> station or reduce drop-outs on the ones they have. How much more would the
> be willing to buy a new receiver that offers so much more.
>
> There is no law that says we have to stick with a modulation for a given
> number of years. There is no law that says that we have to stick with a
> failed system while the rest of the world passes us by. Unless it is some
> rule that holds that good old boy deals made in cloak rooms in secret in
> DC must be honored at all cost to the public come what may. That rule has
> trumped so far.
>
> And last but not least the decision for 8-VSB was not a decision to move
> forward, it was a decision to stagnate.
>
> Bob Miller


LOL....

When did they let *you* out?