DVB-T Dongle

[wb4jfi at knology.net]

-----Original Message----- 
From: Rob Seastrom
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 7:20 AM
To: wb4jfi at knology.net
Cc: William Fenn ; Mike O'Dell ; tacos at amrad.org
Subject: Re: DVB-T Dongle


<wb4jfi at knology.net> writes:

> Encoders, exciters, demods, signal quality test equipment, etc...,
> would also need to be changed.  Us "early adopters" would have been
> especially hit hard with additional costs.

That's the case across industries though.  Ask anyone who's owned
various generations of "time to market" cards from various router
vendors.  It's the risk of being an early adopter.

-r

How much did those router cards cost?  To an early adopter DTV station, just 
the HD encoder cost well over half a million dollars each.  The costs of an 
early adopter DTV station was typically between $3.5 million and over ten 
million, for only the transmission systems, no HD production included.  Much 
of that equipment did not last its capital depreciation cycle.  "Early 
adopter" was an official term from the FCC, BTW.
Terry, WB4JFI