[opendtv] Re: Olympics picture quality

More likely encoders?
John Willkie wrote:

>That COULD be a station issue, but more likely has something to do with NBC
>wanting to rent high-quality standards converters for the Olympics, but had
>to settle for something that didn't have the Snell & Wilcox name, and
>instead settling for saying (illogically) that a Snell competitor had
>something better (omitting cheaper) than Snell.
>
>Why the difference between live -- or close to live with the first
>broadcast -- and the replay?  Would you put the best quality standards
>converters (Greece is a 50hz country) on the live broadcast or the replay?
>
>I suspect there are many lessons learned here.  By the next Olympics, low
>quality DTV might affect viewership and hence profits.
>
>John Willkie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Golitsis
>Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:42 AM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Olympics picture quality
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>
>I watched woman's 10M diving yesterday morning and noted very little
>macroblocking.  I believe I was watching a different part of the exact same
>segment last night and it was macroblocking like crazy.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug McDonald" <mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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>
>>I called WICD a few minutes ago, and they have made no changes.
>>So this proves that NBC was at least at first responsible
>>for the abysmal quality.
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