[opendtv] Re: Food for thought
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:39:29 -0500
John Shutt wrote:
> "These operated using the MPEG-4 compression standard rather
> than the MPEG-2 used in standard DTT boxes, allowing more
> efficient encoding of the broadcast signal."
>
> Please explain to me what spin I should put on the BBC's
> assertion that MPEG-4 is more efficient than MPEG-2?
Oh, I don't know, maybe 10 percent would fit that description, or even 1
percent?
"More efficient" can mean anything you like. The fact that you need to
displace 3 to 4 SDTV programs to make room for one H.264 program is a
real tough elephant to miss in the room, John.
Bert
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