Re: [Swprograms] The Reality of Digital Television Doesn't Meet the Hype -- Whose Fault Is That? - washingtonpost.com

[Mark Hawkins <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting that the US view of digital TV is disappointment.

In the UK digital terrestrial television is standard definition, not  
high definition but it offers extensive text services and some degree  
of interactivity. It obviously doesn't compare well to the Internet  
as an information source in terms of breadth but it would meet most  
of the promises in that article.

It also includes some 10's of radio channels (including World Service  
- a nod towards the topic here !)

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought North America had used digital  
TV to introduce High(er) Definition TV so there was less capacity for  
additional services.

The UK is perhaps a quarter of the way through a phased digital  
switch over and there seems to be surprisingly little complaint here.

Mark Hawkins




On 10 Jun 2009, at 15:04, Richard Cuff wrote:

> On the eve of the eve of the digital cutover...
>
> See
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/ 
> AR2009060903144.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
>
> or
>
> http://snipurl.com/ju2o6
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
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