OTA HD [ was: [OT] HDTV recommendations? ]

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:18:17PM -0400, Dave Germiquet wrote:
> Can someone tell me, do Analog AIr Waves really fill up the spectrum? And if
> it does, what other plans are for them?
> 
> Like why are we clearing them up? Is there something else that needs them.
> 
> I kinda like Analog OTA.

Well we are replacing them with Digital OTA in most cases.

TV signals happen to be in a band that is excellent for long distance
coverage.   Makes sense for TV signals really.  Of course some people
think we should have mobile internet services in those bands instead or
at least in addition to TV.

Digital OTA takes less bandwidth for much more picture than analog could
ever do, so overall it is a nice change, but it does obsolete a ton of
existing equipment.

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Len Sorensen
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