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Accoring to an article here , the ATSC has created its first draft of enhancements to the digital broadcast standard and is now looking for volunteers to test it. Among other things the article says:
"Earlier this year, T3/S9 received ten responses to its Request for Proposals (RFP) for enhancements to ATSC transmission specifications. Based upon the responses to the RFP, ATSC T3/S9 has developed a draft set of revisions to the A/53 Standard. "
It is my understanding the testing will take many months so I don't think a final proposal will be available for some time, but this is very signficant for HDTV advocates. Remember that somf of the proposals (such as the Zenith/NxtWave system recently in the press) would give broadcasters the option of carrying a more robust signal along with the basic signal thereby giving broadcasters the ability to broadcast to mobile receivers, but at the same time making it impossible for them to carry HDTV.
IMHO we need to stay on top of these developments and keep our representatives aware that HDTV is more important than mobile or other ideas broadcasters have.
"Earlier this year, T3/S9 received ten responses to its Request for Proposals (RFP) for enhancements to ATSC transmission specifications. Based upon the responses to the RFP, ATSC T3/S9 has developed a draft set of revisions to the A/53 Standard. "
It is my understanding the testing will take many months so I don't think a final proposal will be available for some time, but this is very signficant for HDTV advocates. Remember that somf of the proposals (such as the Zenith/NxtWave system recently in the press) would give broadcasters the option of carrying a more robust signal along with the basic signal thereby giving broadcasters the ability to broadcast to mobile receivers, but at the same time making it impossible for them to carry HDTV.
IMHO we need to stay on top of these developments and keep our representatives aware that HDTV is more important than mobile or other ideas broadcasters have.