From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
Subject: Re: Gratuitous bashing ?
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:33:10 -0400
Date: 2001-10-10T17:33:11+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9q20on$ipa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: qT_w7.23239$ev2.31691@www.newsranger.com
Actually, that has more to do with the difference in Analog and Digital
signals - the digital source has to do a whole bunch more work before you
can start getting an image displaying. (Basically done in hardware) The
Java - if any - isn't operating at that level. (We have no Java in our STB -
yet. {Day ain't over, yet!})
I don't know that Java was invented *specifically* for STBs - I rather
recall it being something developed because they thought web apps would be
multi-platform....
I know it sucks. (channel changing, that is) I sit here at my desk daily
watching it suck over and over again and wondering if there is some way to
decrease its level of suckage. I know its going to be a sore spot for the
consumers and they'll want their old analog sets back. The problem is that
you can get four digital channels in the bandwidth that you currently get
one analog channel in. The cable guys *love* it and so you'll be stuck with
it.
MDC
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Marin David Condic
Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com
Web: http://www.mcondic.com/
"Ted Dennison" <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
news:qT_w7.23239$ev2.31691@www.newsranger.com...
>
> Which of course explains why it takes my digital cable box 3 seconds to
change
> the stinking channel...
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-10 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-10 14:56 Gratuitous bashing ? Wes Groleau
2001-10-10 16:04 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-10 16:37 ` Darren New
2001-10-10 16:41 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-10 17:33 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
2001-10-10 18:22 ` Darren New
2001-10-10 22:39 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-11 13:51 ` Cesar Rabak
2001-10-10 20:52 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-11 13:32 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-11 15:20 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-10 16:21 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-10 17:34 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-11 12:14 ` M. A. Alves
2001-10-10 19:03 ` Robert*
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