[opendtv] Re: Transition confusion

Hughes Gary-DJWV76 wrote:

256QAM itself does not require the bitrate be reduced.
No, it doesn't, but the cable companies do it to increase the number of programs they can provide /regardless of 
how they end up looking./
The cable company I am most familiar with [I used to work there] 'packs' 6 or 7 standard definition programs into one 256 QAM 'channel' after dumming each one down to around 240 lines of dull and blurry looking resolution. I can only recall them encoding two HD programs per 256 QAM channel.

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