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

[Phil Alexander]

On 22 Jan 2006 at 9:33, Barry Mishkind wrote:

> 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."

Proper code validation is an internal process wherein the code
is proven in a live environment before release. This is much
akin to the "Test" environment maintained on most mainframe systems.
Before Orban releases an upgrade, I suspect Bob or someone working
for him KNOWS it works correctly.
 
> >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 suspect that has more to do with human factors and less to do with
hardware and methods.
> 
>          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 ....

...... wishes were horses we'd all be kings. I know it is not going to
happen in the present political climate, but you asked HOW, not IF. <g>


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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