Dan Grimes wrote: > Macroblocking is one artifact. But I would also consider > the extreme soft areas as an artifact as well. Such as when > there is no detail in water splash (such as water polo, > butterfly, etc.). In fact, the softening can be so bad that > objects completely disappear. > > And there may be little to no macroblocking at times in the > high motion areas, but it is also extremely blurry, such as > twisting dives and sprinter's legs. This is probably just > blur from slow shutter speeds and not actually a > compression artifact Right, exactly. Complaining about an artifact that has nothing to do with MPEG compression is a different matter. What's the "shutter speed" of a digital HD camera? If it's something on the order of 1/60th of a second (or so), it's not going to freeze action very well. Which by the way helps the MPEG process, because all edges are nicely blurred already, as if prefiltered. With a still camera, 1/60th of a second shutter speed is typically only used for stationary subjects. It's usually considered to be the slowest shutter speed adequate for hand-held photography, not to freeze rapid motion. To freeze a runner going across the frame, I'd certainly be looking at 1/400th at least, with a still camera. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.