Taiwan to switch to ATSC?
 

No, almost certainly not. But if you were an 8vsb troll, you might
use this as evidence that Taiwan would. If ATSC is so terrible, why
would any rational corporation want to switch from DVB? Surely this
broadcasting corporation is not owned by LG?

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/.../03/2003097326


Quote:

"The industry faces other problems as well. The government has told
providers to use the European DVB-C digital TV broadcast standard, but
at least one of the three major players wants to stick with the US'
ATSC standard."

Bozo the Clown wrote:
No, almost certainly not. But if you were an 8vsb troll, you might
use this as evidence that Taiwan would. If ATSC is so terrible, why
would any rational corporation want to switch from DVB? Surely this
broadcasting corporation is not owned by LG?

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/.../03/2003097326


Quote:

"The industry faces other problems as well. The government has told
providers to use the European DVB-C digital TV broadcast standard, but
at least one of the three major players wants to stick with the US'
ATSC standard."

Actually this is just a mistake (repeated for the second time) by the
reporter. The "broadcaster" mentioned but not named is a cable company
and has nothing to do with Terrestrial OTA broadcasting.

The history is backward also. The government actually told the
broadcasters to use 8-VSB. When they revolted (all of them) the
government changed its mind and said that broadcasters could make the
decision themselves. They did for DVB-T COFDM.

Interesting. So there's some possibility that they'll end up with DVB-T for
terrestrial broadcast and ATSC for cable.


"Bozo the Clown" wrote in message
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No, almost certainly not. But if you were an 8vsb troll, you might
use this as evidence that Taiwan would. If ATSC is so terrible, why
would any rational corporation want to switch from DVB? Surely this
broadcasting corporation is not owned by LG?

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/.../03/2003097326