FCC SEEKS TO PROMOTE DIGITAL TV, HDTV ROLLOUT

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:17:25 -0700
> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
>
> [Note:  This item comes from reader John Pickens.  DLH]
>
> At 10:06 -0700 9/15/03, John Pickens wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:06:54 -0700
> > To: dewayne () warpspeed com
> > From: John Pickens <jpickens () sprynet com>
> > Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] FCC SEEKS TO PROMOTE DIGITAL TV, HDTV ROLLOUT
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> > What is being standardized is actually a hybrid analog-digital 
> > technology.  The (lowest) physical layer is still MPEG over 6Mhz RF 
> > channels - and is designed for transport over coaxial cable 
> > infrastructures.  Also is 1-way only, so does not enable 2-way services.
> >
> > One view is that this is a good thing and will enable the consumer to 
> > have more choice with less equipment (back to where "cable-ready" was 10 
> > years ago).  Another view is that this is too little, too late - and is 
> > standardizing a technology that is not relevant for future looking 
> > in-home connectivity.
> >
> > A whole new generation of homeowner options are appearing for accessing 
> > video - multi-TV video servers (both embedded systems and PC-based 
> > systems), tablets, PDAs - and broadband (DVD quality bitrates) streaming 
> > video (IP/Ethernet).  The vast majority of these systems are not MPEG 
> > 6Mhz RF channel based.  They are based upon ethernet, and transports that 
> > look like ethernet (802.11 wireless, HomePNA, HomePlug).
> >
> > An ethernet TV (10/100/1000), stripped of all of today's connectivity 
> > options, analog coax, analog RBG, analog component, and the newly 
> > standardized cable FCC connectivity option - 1-way hybrid analog-digital 
> > MPEG RF coax - would probably be $100 cheaper (list). Is that a scenario 
> > interesting to consumers/manufacturers?
> >
> > Perhaps it is time to open a public dialog about standardization of 
> > future-looking digital TV standards - i.e. TV over IP/Ethernet.  (No 
> > position statement implied as the preferred forum for such a dialogue.)
> >
> > J
>
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