Re: HDTV RF Modulator

in Technicolor® wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know why we haven't seen the creation of a RF Modulator
similar
> to the ones we've been using with our video games, cameras, etc.?  You
know
> the type I'm talking about?  Inside one end you present a baseband video
> signal, and then, out the other, comes either Channel 3 or Channel 4
which
> you can connect to the set with twin lead or coax with an F connector.
> 
> It seems to me that it would be really great to have a product like this
> where one could introduce a component signal (RGB or YpRpB) or an
DVI/HDMI
> signal and have a 1080i/720p signal coming out on 1 or 2 HDTV digital
> channels.  Is this product not being developed because of DRM concerns?
> 
> Just curious.
> 
> TIA

All of what the other post said, with the addition that if you really
wanted to do it you could use the same broadcast grade encoders and
modulators the OTA stations use to feed their transmitters.