[opendtv] Re: News; Dish to Expand HD Roster, Offer 1080p Movies

  • From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:24:11 -0700

Ah, buy you and they are conflating.  That's up to 150 channels, and it
includes vod channels.  So, you thought it meant 150 simultaneous channels?

Ha!

John Willkie

-----Mensaje original-----
De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Craig Birkmaier
Enviado el: Monday, August 04, 2008 7:24 AM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: News; Dish to Expand HD Roster, Offer 1080p Movies

At 6:53 PM -0400 8/3/08, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>Sorry, Craig, but that story was about DISH delivering the same content
>that broadcasters deliver. In this case, a movie. Using a format that
>(in principle, per the transmission standards) broadcasters have always
>been able to use.

Really.

So broadcaster will offer 150 HD channels by February 17, 2009?

And broadcasters are delivering PPV movies in 1080@24P?

Wow, where do i sign up?

>Seems to me that the MPEG-2 "limit" isn't the issue at all, then. The
>true limiting factor seems to be in the internal broadcaster plants,
>and/or in the files they are provided for transmission.

The true limit is the way broadcasters think. They think they are in 
the business of delivering linear content  to TV receivers, in fixed 
time slots, via a physical plant optimized for a "format." The rest 
of the world is moving toward a business model of delivering media 
files to consumers who will view them across a range of devices in 
multiple venues. There is no reason to be tied to formats or to worry 
about "continuity" in a world where downloading content is mostly an 
asynchronous activity.

>
>>  From the original article...
>>
>>>  Whether average consumers will be able to truly appreciate the
>>>  technical nuances of 1080p/24 delivery is open to debate, and
>>>  Insalaco admitted that most viewers are focused more on HD
>>>  quantity than quality.
>
>So, it seems that we agree that the article had no news-worthy content?
>I think that was my main point.


No, you are so out of touch that you cannot see the newsworthiness of 
the article.

Regards
Craig
 
 
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