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VE3WBZ > HDTV 11.10.11 01:06l 82 Lines 3154 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Replying to Warren KB2VXA
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From: VE3WBZ@VA3BAL.#SCON.ON.CAN.NOAM
To : HDTV@WW
TO: HDTV @WW
FR: VE3WBZ
DT: Monday, October 10th.,2011 @1927hrs EST
<< Quoting KB2VXA to HDTV @WW >>
> From : KB2VXA To : HDTV @WW
> Type/Status : B$ Date/Time : 09-Oct 12:22
> Bid : 7997_VK6ZRT Message # : 109259
> Title : Re: VE3WBZ > big switch
>
> Hi Pete and all,
>
> Funny you should use that term, the first "big switch"
> was some years ago when a couple of Philadelphia TV stations
> swapped channels. Anyway, when it came to the money grab thank
> Motorola, they lobbied the FCC for 8VSB over the superior COFDM
> and Canada went along for the ride on a compatible modulation
> scheme. Here's the rub, having dumped a small fortune into
> development of COFDM money wasn't wasted, we sold it to Europe
> where it works extremely well.
Hello back Warren, and all reading these postings;
Funny how you , well I guess so, it was your area, not mine so
your big switch then was nothing compared to the latest when
they killed analogue for ditigal, thus kind a few TV's in
our home are useless, and now to forkout cash for converters.
WE had our Big Switch or Swap in the 1960s, when CBC in Toronto
moved a few times, and then moved to allow the new CTV station
in Toronto on-air.
OK so we've dealt with swaps that are meangingless here and there
BUT that switch to analogue certain has folks talking, and in some
cases they get help with the converters ...but not here.
> You're not the only one to lose channels, 8VSB requires a much stronger
> signal and being all or nothing if the signal is weak you get nothing.
> Then many TV stations changed to UHF and the spectrum rebanded (700MHz is
> now public service) so you won't find all of them where they were. In
> North America perhaps a better title for this thread should be The Big
> Fiasco.
The only channel lost to me is CBC ...big deal. Who cares!
> Just to add to the fun cable is going digital, a similar fiasco to OTA.
> Remember it requires stronger signal, cable companies after supplying
> converters discovered they had to go farther than just replace equipment,
> they have to "fix" a previously working distribution system. Get this,
> Comcast advertizes guaranteed prompt and improved service yet it took
> nearly two whole months to fix the mess they made of it. (:-<)
>
> Well, that's the latest in my series of DTV rants and now the big
> question. What happened to the HD in HDTV? OK Australia, we already heard
> from you (;->) but what I want to know is were all those Sony cameras
> worth the expense?
>
> 73 de Warren
>
> Station powered by JCP&L atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
>
> Message timed by NIST: 12:17 on 2011-Oct-09 GMT
>
> [End of Message #109259 from KB2VXA]
Well, you can rant all you want. I used to send letters to
the Editor of our local rag, but now I expect no notice and only
wait for a prediction or two to come to realization and smile.
Bottomline ...MONEY..CASH... and this is why they now are
protecting in every country. Good old capitalism ... gotta
love it.
73 Pete VE3WBZ
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