Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> With upgraded cable systems, which go up into the UHF band, and fully
> converted to 256-QAM, *without breaking a sweat*, the cable company can
> offer at least 250-300 or more simultaneous 60p sports HDTV programs.
> This is a no-brainer, requiring no fast routers in the backbone, using
> only MPEG-2 TS. And double this to 500+ if you use AVC/H.264.
>
>
Please forgive my ignorance, but I dont get it. I heard the cable systems were
already at capacity with MPEG2 and thats driving some interest in H.264. What
you describe is one "boat load" of content.
I wonder what a "non-upgraded" system can carry.....
Even so, isn't IPTV going to enable new services as compared to what you can
get over cable/MPEG TS? Cable co's are going to have to invent something new
to compete or start running IPTV as well. Assuming of course, IPTV becomes a
large enough threat.
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