And, as best Nellie the Neuron can recall, in 100 percent o' the places where the model said they wouldn't get pix, they didn't. Nope, the only hedge they used was that the success rate was measured only at sites where the NTSC reception was at least marginal. That, to me, is still altogether legit. If'n the chips work, then someday they'll probably filter down to consumer hands. Lemme tell ya, sweetie, you do not wanna trade your current NTSC TV in on a 1954 model.
Time marches on.
All's right with the world. Accordin' to what I read, NxtWave's Chris Strolle, who lives in the Philadelphia market, tried gettin' DTV in his own home. It worked in some rooms, but it didn't in others. The success rate was nowhere near 94 percent. It wasn't even up to Kalispell's 87 percent.