I'm guessing the pipes continue to get bigger but not as fast as the growth of either CPU processing power or storage bytes / buck.
- Tom John Willkie wrote:
So, the pipes will magically get broader after a decade or so, or will the attitudes of cable and satellite change? Broadcasters have the least amount of bandwidth of the three, and they care the most about quality and provide the highest quality of service, at least in the U.S., but I suspect that's the case in other countries. I think it's illogical to restrict future enhancements because there are bad actors who won't behave the way one or more persons would prefer. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Tom Barry Enviado el: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:01 AM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: 1080p@60 for MPEG-2As much as I am attracted to the idea of 1080p/60 due to the shear numbers I don't really think it makes much sense for broadcast, cable, or satellite in the next decade or so, even with AVC. It's already been shown those distributors all are willing to compromise HD picture quality to save bandwidth and ad more channels.I do seriously want faster frame rates but for the moment would be perfectly happy to instead have a higher quality 720p/60 delivery scaled up to 1080p or higher by the display.Where 1080p/60 encoding might make sense in in newer video disc technologies where they will easily have the available space. Sadly however there is no compatible way either HD DVD or Blu-Ray can support this under the current specs.I'd expect the next generation of highdef discs (some new standard) to embrace both higher frame rates and bit depths. For this cycle it is just not going to happen but eventually folks will start making libraries of media this good to (re)release on future media.I don't think it will be too long before the declining storage cost of electronic media makes it cheap to electronically 'film', process, and store at, say, 72 FPS and then release 24 FPS movies but archive for the future faster frame rate higher definition sales.- Tom----------------------------------------------------------------------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.
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