Bob, While the number of folks "submitting" to sub-standard HDTV is common, those of us who know that none of the DBS and cable providers are sending true 1080i still seek a good quality "off-air" antenna. At this point in the game, it is the best way to get true "high-def". And a whole lot cheaper for better quality pictures than the highway robbery rates that most of us pay for crappy cable.
Interesting that we all plunged headlong into technology, only to find that we have been sold out to multi-casting and bandwidth limitations of the cable and DBS systems. How many home shopping channels is enough? Dish-net is sending around 15 of them... yet I need a second dish to get PBS. What is wrong with this "picture"? I still long for the day when light-pipe is in every home. America is so far behind the rest of the developed world with regard to data delivery, that it just isn't funny anymore. Many nations have multi-megabit access for less than 25% of your average baseline cable bill. The devil is green!! Just follow the money and the truth is evident. Fiber is cheap these days.. so is your congressman.. for sale to the highest bidding lobbyist. Even the radio community has jumped on the "multi-casting" bandwagon as evidenced by this blurb from the CGC Communicator.. run out of bandwidth.. Hey, let's invent some more of it. Truly marketing at it's best!! ****************************************************************** CONSUMERS PREFER "EXPANDED BAND" MULTICAST CHANNEL DISPLAY In a study for Cox Radio, consumers were asked to consider two possible options for displaying multicast radio channels. Currently, and possibly for the next few years, HD Radios will display multicast channels with the parent station's frequency followed by the sub-channel number (e.g. 88.1 HD2 & 88.1 HD3). However, 90% of the consumers surveyed preferred the "expanded band" option of display where multicast channels appear as if they were being broadcast above 107.9 MHz. For example, 88.1 HD2 could be displayed as 108.1 MHz. How these make- believe frequencies will be assigned, and by whom, remains to be seen, but the idea has strong consumer appeal. http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=8195 ****************************************************************** Most end-users have no idea what they are signing-up for... Sad, but true.. most consumers are stupid. Capitalism is alive and well... just look at how horribly Tesla and Armstrong were treated because they were visionaries. Not just interested in making a buck... does anyone see a parallel here? Editorial mode off.. for now.. mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Perryman Cavell, Mertz & Davis, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consulting Engineers http://www.cmdconsulting.com 7839 Ashton Avenue K5JMP Manassas, VA 20109 USA (703) 392-9090; (703) 392-9559 fax; DC Line (202) 332-0110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Radio Shack 10% Off Coupon good to 12/23 At 12/19/2005 08:11, you wrote: >Mathew Quaife wrote: > > > They don't want to be an accessory store, unless it deals with > > batteries, video cables, cell phones and accessories, etc...they > > won't carry it. Believe it or not, they are even downsizing on the > > tv antenna's and home phone accessories. > >I found out that most everyone seems to be cutting back on carrying TV >antennas. It's tough to find one lately. Which will be interesting when >this DTV crap takes over and people find out they need an outside >antenna now to get around the digital breakup (which is untolerable >compared to the occasional noise on analog.) Between cable & piepan dishes, I assumed that alone would drop the demand for traditional (legacy?) broadcast reception antennas. Bob NO6B Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
