Re: Digital TV- ADC Communications UHF DTV Transmitter
Thread- I linked this to a previous PR out of Last Mile specialist, ADCT's foray into broadcast TV. Specifically digital TV. In this case, I believe SDTV and/or HDTV. You see the FCC has given away the UHF frequencies to the NAB in order to promote digital broadcasting so I'm assuming this product is for real digital TV content delivery.
But I don't get it? How many TV households in the USA do not have either cable TV or DBS? And IF they don't, are these the types of subs that would pay $5K for a digital conversion box in order to receive true digital TV over a UHF frequency? Plus fork over the money it takes to buy a special antenna that is tuned directly to their local NAB affiliate broadcasting true SDTV via ADCT's type equipment?
Can anyone explain why this type of PR has any meaning? This is still relatively new to me, and the UHF broadcast transmitter, puzzles me. Where is the USA market for this product? -MikeM(From Florida)
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ADC's Visionary DT Digital Television Transmitter Chosen ``Best in Show'' at BroadcastAsia 2000
MINNEAPOLIS August 1, 2000--ADC, a leading global supplier of network equipment, software and integration services for broadband multiservice networks, today announced that its Visionary(TM) DT digital television transmitter was chosen as the best transmitter at BroadcastAsia 2000.
Asia Pacific Broadcasting conducted the first Readers' Choice Awards at BroadcastAsia 2000 to obtain a list of the best broadcast systems at the show. Over 800 readers voted for what they believed to be the best products and systems in various broadcast related categories. In the ``Best Transmitter'' category, ADC's Visionary DT came out on top.
The Visionary DT is a high power digital UHF television transmitter which uses inductive output tube (IOT) amplifiers to provide up to 180 kilowatts average digital output power. Features include an ADC manufactured exciter with linear and non-linear adaptive digital equalization, super-linear feed-forward driver amplifiers and a feature rich, user friendly graphical user interface for system monitoring and control.
``The Visionary Series products are already becoming the transmitters of choice in the U.S. marketplace,'' according to Rich Schwartz, marketing manager for ADC's Broadcast Systems Division. ``This award demonstrates the growing international acceptance of ADC's very innovative line of products.''
ADC is a leading manufacturer of UHF and VHF television transmitters and digital signal management and connectivity products. The extensive product line features low, medium and high power transmitters available with solid-state or tube amplifiers, complete UHF and VHF exciter retrofits, Super Wideband(TM) digital routers, true 75-ohm patch bays and BNC connectors, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) multimedia transport and fiber STLs. |
