Damn America

[David]

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"Bob Miller" <robmx@earthlink.net> wrote> >> kind of early version COFDM
they were using did cause a problem with
>
> There are close to 5 million receivers in the UK now. AFAIK there are
> very few problems of any kind.

Why are so many postings from England STILL complaining about
impulse noise problems with the new receivers?
Because England's COFDM system is frail and compromised?

 

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David wrote:

> "Bob Miller" <robmx@earthlink.net> wrote> >> kind of early version COFDM
> they were using did cause a problem with
>
>>There are close to 5 million receivers in the UK now. AFAIK there are
>>very few problems of any kind.
>
>
> Why are so many postings from England STILL complaining about
> impulse noise problems with the new receivers?
> Because England's COFDM system is frail and compromised?
>
>
Frail? Yes very frail. The average transmitter is at ONE kW ERP compared
to the MILLION Watt US transmitters.

Compromised? Yes they have only 80 transmitter sites whereas they have
more than a thousand analog sites at higher power. They are also using a
very early version of COFDM.

And still the viewer is buying all the receivers they can get, there are
a hundred different models and the lowest priced one is around $48.

It is the most successful electronic product in history. Similar story
in Berlin and now Italy.

Can't wait to see if France goes HDTV because that will be a major
success if they do it right.