Re: Cable HD TV Systems

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:42:10 -0500, Private Citizen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> In rec.video.cable-tv,    Msg ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Mike Rush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote:
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>>"Corporate American Citizen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>>in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> There are two reasons why digital television is being pushed.
>>>
>>> Money.  Digital compression permits greater channel capacity within
>>> mediums whose carrying capacities are inherently fixed (the amount of
>>> usable spectrum on cable systems, the number of available transponders
>>> on commercial television satellites, etc.).  With digital television,
>>> Viacom gets to reap more profit by launching 7 MTVs, and Comcast gets
>>> to reap more sales by convincing us that we can't live without them.
>>>
>>
>>Close. Actually money is the only reason for the mandate. Congress has
>>already included money in their budgets from auctioning off the analog TV
>>spectrum after the transition is complete. That is the entire driving force
>>behind setting a date of 2006 to turn off analog.
>>
>OK..
>Obviouly both of you are "onboard".
>It's all about money, NOT about people.
>Thanks to Bush, (no.. really !!! )

Actually blame the Clinton government and FCC, if not the congress of
the time, They are the ones that mandated the switch over to Digital.

>It is about the letter of the Law too.. ( Not the spirit..)
>And "intellectual" property, too. ( Not jobs .. )

That is part of it (as DTV will have DRM), but mostly spectrum issues.

>And defending the US Constitution..
>But it IGNORES, "We the People".
>It's about empowering "paper"..
>And disenfranchising people..
>It's about fascism, and slavery for all..
>And the New World Order...