[BC] What is "better?" HOW do we get there?

[Barry Mishkind]

At 05:52 AM 1/22/2006, Phil Alexander wrote
>Thank you, Bob, for making my point. If the unit retains the old code as
>a fall back until the new code is validated, a fail-safe system becomes
>workable.

         ... unless an error in coding is done, and
         not discovered until the "validation."

>The transparent OTA upgrade capability does not seem to be a significant
>cost factor for satellite TV where the complexity may, in fact, be greater
>than that required for DAB. Perhaps radios would need more memory than a

         I would hardly call the Satellite OTA capability
         a success.  At least once a week, I find
         the DISH network tv guide to be at under an hour,
         instead of a week.  Several times I've been all
         but unable to record something due to
         "information unavailable" messages.

         I could see some consumers dumping DISH
         just for that reason alone.


>Make the receivers smart, make the upgrades transparent, establish BASIC
>rules of modulation and let listeners vote with their dials.

         IF ....