Seasons greetings Larry....

"crazy oddball digital schemes"...??

Sure, we could get into the whole Beta vs VHS discussion. Which is
an example of another inferior technology that eventually prevailed.

But defending an obviously (and proven) superior standard - you bet!!

I'd rather have the superior technology for my every day use - thank you very much.


"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message news:Xns98A379F727E1Fnoonehomecom@208.49.80.253...
> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:458e92bf$0$68997
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> NTSC is the "installed base" of analog TV in the US as well....It's the
> worst TV system on the planet with only 525 lines vs 800 or more for
> everyone else.
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> We've done it again, by the way! ATSC is the DTV system America has
> settled on. Compared to the European DTV standard, it sucks just as bad as
> NTSC but is cheaper to deploy and more profitable to sell....any questions?
>
> Just because it's deployed in the USA, doesn't mean it's any good or "the
> best".
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> Why does this thread have so many defenders of our crazy oddball digital
> schemes? Wouldn't it be nice to have a phone you can crawl on a plane with
> in Atlanta and fly to London or Paris and it just works? I think that
> matters more than what modulation scheme it's using.
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> Of course, it does take a little getting used to good service in Europe.
> They have REPEATERS!
>