Yep, more dull pictures of more dumb programs. Barry Wilkins wrote: >O.K. Doug, >The implication though is that if they could double the bit rate per channel >by doing this then that suggests they could send more standard bit rate >channels, which I presume would be exactly what they would do in preference >to improving quality. Always it would appear to be the commercially >advantageous choice that gets the push, unless there was some enforcement of >a minimum standard. Do you agree? > >Barry Wilkins > > >On 12/16/05, Doug McDonald <mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>Barry Wilkins wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi folks, >>>I hope you will pardon a small diversion on the subject of "Toward >>> >>> >>digital >> >> >>>TV" but I have just had long and complicated discussions with a Sky New >>>Zealand technical representative as to why some of the channels they >>> >>> >>provide >> >> >>>on their digital satellite DTH service have such abysmally poor image >>>quality. >>> >>> >>In the US it is trivial: thay are transmitting some 2500 channels >>in inadequate bandwidth. >> >> >>If our government were smarter, they would require that the two >>satellite services merge their physicl layer and compete only >>on advertising, exclusive content, and price. This would double the >>bitrate for every channel. >> >>Doug McDonald >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: >> >>- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >>FreeLists.org >> >>- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >>unsubscribe in the subject line. >> >> >> >> > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >FreeLists.org > >- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.