george conklin wrote:
"Mr Tushyclean" wrote in message
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The article is at todays www.tvpredictions.com

Folks,I hope this isn't wayyyyy too off topic.I haven't seen an HDTV
movie yet.So,why has there been at least two articles at
tvpredictions.com about Satellite and Cable tv providers messing up
HDTV? I dont know,maybe it's sort of like kind of like Payola,or,Follow
The Money.I know this much though,if I want HDTV,I want the 100 percent
full flammotion HDTV.
cuhulin
I am looking forward to 2008 when Analog TV transmission
is phased out and half (..or more) of the TV sets in the USA
suddenly become useless overnight.


Even if you have a digital tuner, you are going to find that in urban
areas even within sight of the tower, you are going to have a horrible time
getting OTA digital reception, even with an outside antenna, like in 1948,
but worse. I've been there, done that, and it is a glorious mess until you
change your shoes, soak the antenna in salt water, and find out when your
wife walks around upstairs the signal will pixilate.



I can just see the rioting in the streets in the 'low income'
parts of town when Tyrone, Mustafsa and Kwang Bok
TV don't work and all the men come home from work and
seein they can't watch Springer or NFL they will all
start to beat their wives and 4 feral children senseless....

Should be GREAT FUN !!!!!

It is not going to be a good scene when they find the converters don't
work.


You obviously have not seen the 5th generation 8-VSB chip set receivers.
They perform quite well under multi-path conditions. The condition you
are referring to is a thing of the past. It has been corrected.

I have seen new receivers work with as little as a paper clip as an
antenna and they perform quite well under strong multi-path

Regards,

Bill - N9MHT