2009/8/5 BOUWSMA Barry <freebeer.bouwsma@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Christian Wattengård wrote: > >> But after doing some research on Wikipedia and such, I can't figure >> out why a DVB-T unit can't be easily modified to recieve DVB-C? >> They use the same frequencies, the DVB-T specs support QAM (atleast low QAM). >> My specific cable network uses 64QAM which the specs apparently >> supports... So where is the underlying problem? > > Basically -- and I could well be wrong, DVB-T uses COFDM carrier > modulation, which DVB-C does not -- the DVB-T signal is composed > of several thousand carriers, while the DVB-C signal is a single > carrier modulated directly. Thus, differently-able hardware is > needed facing the antenna. Ok. Too bad. Then why are DVB-T units, that needs more technology, half the price of DVB-C units... Annoys me... :) > Oh, shouldn't your gmail address be `cwattengaard' instead? ;-) > I ask having conditioned myself to type `Aarhus' and `Aalen' and > `Aargau', speaking them all the same, confusing the heck out of > the swiss... I made a desicion a long time ago that when using my last-name for emails and such, I would just use a single 'a' instead of the "correct" internationalization which is 'aa'. Makes it easier to give people my email address when I dont have to say "wattengaaaaaaaard" just to emphasize the double 'a'. The 'å' / 'aa' sound is pronounced like the first sound in the english word "all". -C- _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
