Re: [ARSCLIST] Blu-Ray gets the BetaMax treatment

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Olhsson" <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From Steven C. Barr: "...Also, I suspect that given the huge numbers of
> NTSC-only TV's still in use,
> somebody will create and sell a digital-to-NTSC (or better yet, to ALL
> analog TV formats...?) set-top converter...?
>
> Congress was promised that this would be available for less than $50. The
> problem is that most people can't receive the UHF band without an outside
> antenna and even then most will  have lots fewer stations available because
> of the poor coverage. Digital was supposed to solve the traditional problems
> with that band however instead of massive levels of interference, you get no
> signal at all!
>
Well, I literally grew up with UHF TV in central Illinois...in the early
fifties,
there were no usable channels for our area...which was too far from Chicago
and/or St. Louis to get reliable reception, while at the same time being
too close to share a VHF channel on an interference-free basis. As a result,
we didn't get decent TV service until the UHF band was opened up...and
Decatur, Peoria, Springfield and Bloomington all got UHF stations...!

Also, it seems to me that there would be a lot more demand for the UHF
frequencies (which already lost ch. 71-83 to the cell phone industry)...?

Steven C. Barr