[opendtv] Re: People DO watch LPTV
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:25:10 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>> I would have imposed H.264 too, in their place. But as we
>> have seen, it's not nearly as big an advantage as the hype
>> has implied.
> Drop this Bert. You are wrong.
> H.264 is only now starting to be widely deployed, and the
> benefits are obvious. And the efficiency will improve as
> the tools are fully exploited.
I don't function on pure hype, Craig. Yes, the POTENTIAL may be there
for future improvements, but in the case of the BBC, the French TNT, and
now the New Zealand system, the facts are clear. The way they fill their
multiplexes with H.264 traffic is no different from the way MPEG-2
systems fill their multiplexes. Rather than debate this with vacuous
words, SHOW ME where I'm wrong.
> I have NEVER advocated for simulcasts in ANY system. I have
> advocated for scalable coding
Okay, that makes more sense, then. Fact is, no one else has gone this
route, at least not yet.
> And I have noted that it may not have been a bad thing to
> use a phased approach to DTV as is happening in Europe - Start
> with good SDTV, then migrate to HDTV when the technology has
> matured. Near as I can tell, nobody in the U.K. has been
> harmed by this phased in approach.
No, I completely disagree. What you are advocating is an unnecessary
transition shortly after the new system in deployed, which is always a
bad thing. In the UK, they have no HDTV over DTT, and Ofcom is making it
very difficult to get this HDTV transition going. It's very simple. In
New Zealand, they will avoid this unnecessary painful step and start out
right.
> Can you quantify the MUCH higher cost for a STB that supports
> h.264.
I don't have to, they already did. Their boxes started at $500. But the
prices will come down fast. Something you were unable to predict for us
a few years ago, even while the prices were dropping.
Bert
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