From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,78d7c50699ab69a4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-10 10:45:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!news-x2.support.nl!news-x.support.nl!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Gratuitous bashing ? Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:33:10 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9q20on$ipa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BC46184.F88496A8@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9q1rhq$gjl$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BC47929.A22F574A@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1002735191 19242 136.170.200.133 (10 Oct 2001 17:33:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Oct 2001 17:33:11 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14184 Date: 2001-10-10T17:33:11+00:00 List-Id: Actually, that has more to do with the difference in Analog and Digital signals - the digital source has to do a whole bunch more work before you can start getting an image displaying. (Basically done in hardware) The Java - if any - isn't operating at that level. (We have no Java in our STB - yet. {Day ain't over, yet!}) I don't know that Java was invented *specifically* for STBs - I rather recall it being something developed because they thought web apps would be multi-platform.... I know it sucks. (channel changing, that is) I sit here at my desk daily watching it suck over and over again and wondering if there is some way to decrease its level of suckage. I know its going to be a sore spot for the consumers and they'll want their old analog sets back. The problem is that you can get four digital channels in the bandwidth that you currently get one analog channel in. The cable guys *love* it and so you'll be stuck with it. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:qT_w7.23239$ev2.31691@www.newsranger.com... > > Which of course explains why it takes my digital cable box 3 seconds to change > the stinking channel... >