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   On Sat, 3/1/2025 7:41 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:27:49 +0000, Ant wrote:   
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   >> In alt.comp.os.windows-11 Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
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   >>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 03:52:34 -0500, Paul wrote:   
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   >>>> ... MPEG2 is how TV is transmitted over the airwaves ...   
   >>   
   >>> Not for HD, though. High-def is transmitted using MPEG-4 TS.   
   >>   
   >> Isn't ATSC2 using MPEG2? Or was that ATSC1?   
   >   
   > I wouldn’t know what they do in North Mexico.   
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   Considering where I live, there is no purpose served   
   by torturing terrestrial service (nobody gives a flying fuck   
   about the service), there is no reason to change standards.   
   There is plenty of OTA channel space left, even after   
   the channels where trimmed down as much as they are currently.   
   The bandwidth was auctioned off, and I don't know whether   
   the winners of the auction, ever used the bandwidth either.   
      
   Before the DTV transition, one broadcaster was available   
   practically everywhere in the country. Like running water,   
   it was one of the few things you could count on. It would be   
   one way to get an emergency alert to all citizens.   
      
   The Transition from NTSC to ATSC 8VSB, saw one major transmitter   
   (250kW) shut down, bringing darkness and despair to the rural   
   people in that area. They then had zero channels of OTA reception   
   on offer. Not even the nightly news. To get TV service,   
   they would need cable or telecom triple-play to get TV,   
   which is not always an option for extreme rural (in the woods)   
   people. If all you can get is ADSL at 3Mbit/sec, that's not   
   going to be good for TV carriage particularly.   
      
   No money was provided by the government, to construct new   
   DTV transmitters. A couple of the transmitters, somehow   
   used the analog transmitter (even on the same analog channel   
   on VHF) and fitted a new front end on it (at their own expense).   
   Other providers just shut down, if it meant spending money   
   on the service.   
      
   What you get on cable, is more highly multiplexed. and is going   
   to be somewhat different, quality wise, than the few OTA   
   channels we've got.   
      
   If you're in Toronto, you could see fifty channel codes on your   
   device, while sitting in your apartment on the 20th floor.   
   Whereas elsewhere in the country, put up an antenna, and   
   receive zero channels DTV. Then you go for satellite (a relative   
   uses that option). But while cable is available to a lot of   
   citizens, we couldn't get that at the cottage. And you would need   
   a 150 mile Yagi, to pick up the transmitter in the city   
   (after two bounces off the ocean).   
      
   These are the perils of living in a large country.   
      
      Paul   
      
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