[opendtv] Re: Distribution and Transmission of TV is Going Backwards
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:20:19 -0400
John Shutt wrote:
I agree except for that time when the viewer decided that quality is
more important than quantity. The Internet could be a factor here in
educating the public by delivering high quality non real time content.
Bob Miller
>Craig,
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>No matter what compression scheme we use, unless the FCC mandates minimum
>compression criteria we will always overstress the compression scheme in the
>quest for delivering ever more content.
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>All H.264/AVC/MPEG4 will do is allow us to squeeze 8 channels to death
>instead of 4.
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>John
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
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>>Simply stated, the problem is that the available video compression
>>technology is being misused. For almost every distribution media the
>>system operators are trying to squeeze too much content into too
>>little bandwidth. This is even true for OTA broadcasters, as 19.3
>>Mbps is barely adequate for low stress HD content, and begins to show
>>problems with high stress HD content. If you add multicasting into
>>the equation, something has to give, and picture quality is the
>>victim.
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