There are many local stations that already pull bit rate from HD program in order to include a SD version and/or to send data. Did anyone notice when it happened? > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Schubin > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:27 PM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040722 Thundering Thursday Thanks > (Mark's Monday Memo) > > > I would agree that using E-VSB for video is a brutal trade. > But using > E-VSB for backup audio would pull less than 150 kbps from the > 19.3 Mbps > (it could probably be made even less) and would allow > marginal viewers > to continue with programming they'd otherwise have to dump. > > TTFN, > Mark > > > Eory Frank-p22212 wrote: > > As an HDTV owner and enthusiast, I sincerely hope that not a single > kilobit of E-VSB data will ever be transmitted by any DTV > broadcaster! > E-VSB is a really brutal trade of primary stream data rate, just to > improve C/N threshold on a secondary stream. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.