[opendtv] Re: 7% penetration for UK HD-DTT by 2012: report

At 3:53 PM -0400 4/24/08, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:


Still, to imply that as of today Euro HDTV cannot be done without H.264
is clearly wrong. The initial introduction of HDTV, at least, will
happen with bit rates that are comparable to what they would have been
with H.262.
Once again Bert is taking things out of context. Obviously, it is possible to deliver H.262 HDTV in Europe using existing infrastructure.
But we were talking about a specific story, which I believe Bert posted, describing the situation in the UK; this was the source of the quote.
You see Bert, what is relevant here is the migration path and business model that is being formed via the interplay of the UK Broadcasters and Ofcom. There will be one DVB-T2 multiplex for four HD channels in the multiplex. We are talking about an average bit rate of 8 Mbps per HD channel. 

This is ONLY possible thanks to the improved coding efficiency of h.264.

Regards
Craig


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