2 edits | no white space auction, future HD may need it & boost areas to avoid duplicate posting, please see the post I put here...
»Keep the white spaces-2160p will need poss 4x the bandwidth.
here is a sample of a 2160p TV just on the market last year..
»gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-enterta···9013.php
Grant it, its thousands now but didn't 1080p LCD HDTV cost 1000's in the mid 90's. In 10-15 years, broadcasters will likely need more bandwidth to transmit free channels in 2160p and the airwaves will have to remain clean in these frequency ranges. A reasonable amount of free HD channels & 2160p down the road could make this well worth the viewer buying a better antenna & the broadcasters investing in additional amplifiers in key spots. Maybe they can make a deal with the telco or cable companies to get their signal to a near re-transmission tower.
On the flip side, introduce use of in-between channel white spaces for wireless and I feel we will have a reception mess to which no one can figure out the fixes to. |
