[BC] TV Standards

[Robert Meuser]

The system is not inferior except in Dana's mind.

R

Barry Mishkind wrote:
> At 08:27 AM 10/18/2005, DANA PUOPOLO wrote
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>> Look at what the HDTV 'Grand Alliance' did. Because they refused to 
>> wait SIX
>> MONTHS, we got saddled with 8 VSB HDTV, which as about a quarter as 
>> robust as
>> COFDM, the system the rest of the world adopted.
>>
>> Because they couldn't wait, our HDTV system is INTERLACED, instead of 
>> being
>> progressive scanned (which would have made it compatible with computer
>> video).
>>
>> Why does America do this over and over and over?
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>         You'll have to ask the NAB, I would think.
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>         Any TV folks here who can tell us if
>         it was merely six months that left the
>         US with an inferior system?
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