A Preliminary Review of CATV as a Two-Way System. Working Paper V.

Autor/in	Werntz, Ted
Institution	Center for Policy Research, New York, NY.
Titel	A Preliminary Review of CATV as a Two-Way System. Working Paper V.
Quelle	(1972), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cable Television; Communications; Information Systems; Online Systems; Telecommunications; Telephone Communications Industry; Telephone Communications Systems; Video Equipment; Videotape Cassettes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cable franchising; Kabelfernsehen; Nachrichtenwesen; Online; Telekommunikationstechnik; Fernmeldewesen
Abstract	Equipment for two-way cable television (CATV) is becoming available and there are steps we can take to ensure that it is used efficiently. For example a possible obstacle to the orderly development of two-way CATV is competition between CATV and video cassettes. However the two could complement each other if videotape materials were prepared to be sent via CATV to a subscriber's home during non-prime time and recorded on a video cassette for later viewing. There are also several design characteristics that could be built into a two-way CATV system to maximize its long-range usefulness: (1) the subscriber's home terminal could be built so that additional features would be made available by adding rather than replacing equipment; (2) significant changes in the system's central equipment should bring significant changes in system performance without requiring changes in subscribers' equipment; (3) the transmission path connecting home terminals to the central equipment could have enough capability to meet any foreseeable demand. (MG)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC