Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > With upgraded cable systems, which go up into the UHF band, and fully > converted to 256-QAM, *without breaking a sweat*, the cable company can > offer at least 250-300 or more simultaneous 60p sports HDTV programs. > This is a no-brainer, requiring no fast routers in the backbone, using > only MPEG-2 TS. And double this to 500+ if you use AVC/H.264. > > Please forgive my ignorance, but I dont get it. I heard the cable systems were already at capacity with MPEG2 and thats driving some interest in H.264. What you describe is one "boat load" of content. I wonder what a "non-upgraded" system can carry..... Even so, isn't IPTV going to enable new services as compared to what you can get over cable/MPEG TS? Cable co's are going to have to invent something new to compete or start running IPTV as well. Assuming of course, IPTV becomes a large enough threat. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 subjec > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.