[opendtv] Re: Food for thought

  • From: "Adam M. Costello" <opendtv.amc+0+@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:23:52 +0000

Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> to deliver the full quality of HDTV you'll need the equivalent of the
> bits required for about 4 SD services

Why is it 4 rather than 6?  (1920 * 1080) / (720 * 480) = 6.0.

And that's using the most generous DTV definition of SD.  To capture the
resolution of analog NTSC, 480*480 is sufficient (right?), which would
make the ratio 9.0.

AMC
 
 
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