Craig Birkmaier wrote: > > Perhaps EDTV would also solve the problem, just above > > that threshold, but TV transmissions that want to get > > beyond NTSC or SDTV quality might as well jump right to > > HDTV. > > Here we completely disagree. That's funny, considering your other thread where you argue against use of multicast by the networks. > Ultimately it comes down to a question of bandwidth. A > trade-off between choice (quantity) versus quality. Obviously. And as long as the transmitting station doesn't need the bandwidth for multicasts or other services, might as well jump straight to HDTV quality. That way, *all* displays out there in receiverland can operate at peak image quality, rather than just "some" or even "most." Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.