[opendtv] Re: First look at ATSC HD Broadcast
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:53:14 -0400
You could run VP7 on a five year old machine and it would run better
than VP4 ran then.
Bob Miller
John Shutt wrote:
>Can you say that the hardware available 5 years ago was fast enough for
>today's AVC codec? Can you say that today's hardware is fast enough for a
>codec designed 5 years from now?
>
>Consumers wouldn't pay extra to choose Betamax over VHS, why should they
>choose to pay more for an upgradeable box that may never get upgraded?
>
>
If you are selling it that is the question. Will the consumer pay more
for an unknowable value in the future. But if you are packaging it with
a subscription service as USDTV is then it makes sense to future proof it.
>How many DVD players have you purchased in the past 5 years? What happened
>to the cost?
>
>The answer will probably be to offer a new STB at some point in the future
>with legacy support, yet offers the ability to receive more programming.
>Then it is up to the consumer to decide if they wish to purchase a new STB
>for that content, and it will be the obligation of broadcasters to continue
>to marginally supply legacy receivers.
>
>John
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <dgrimes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
>>We all know that the processing power is out there to decode HD in all
>>current forms of encoding (even the proposed ones). And available
>>hardware
>>can certainly handle future ones, even at higher resolutions. We all know
>>that hardware is faster, software is more flexible and upgradeable. We
>>all
>>know that money is a big issue to the consumer.
>>
>>BUT- Would you not be willing to pay more for a piece of equipment that
>>can be upgradable? Would you pay more for something knowing that it will
>>be able to handle future requirements?
>>
>
>
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