[opendtv] Re: A detail in the history of video standards

Your statement doesn't make sense. Almost everything that's different in
MPEG-2 from MPEG-1 is for interlace. If all video was progressive,
we'd still be using MPEG-1.

Ron

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

>There was a STRONG movement to make MPEG-2 
>progressive only, because of the added efficiency of processing only 
>frame based material and the added quality possible with the 
>elimination of interlace.
>
>Perhaps in ten years we may be able to put this mess behind us and 
>finally eliminate the interlace footprint from SD and HD.
>
>Regards
>Craig
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