[opendtv] Re: Frames Per Second of 720P
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:50:57 -0700
Boy, are you clueless. You act as if the ATSC exists independent, and aloof
from it's members. It is a membership-based organization, and members get a
vote. So, you have it EXACTLY backwards. The ATSC, by and large, reflects
the views of its constituents.
Of course, getting it exactly or approximately backwards is nothing new for
you.
When you get a chance to read and understand the M/H candidate standard, you
might be able to see some errors in your views.
Do you think that M/H will be sending HDTV video to hand-held devices? Do
you think that viewers accustomed to HDTV in their home TV environments will
be happy with something that is obviously less than HDTV? How about less
than SDTV? How about UDTV? Isn't that a good niche for handheld devices?
I'd say that it's an absurd waste of bits to try to target handheld devices
with video that they cannot make use of.
Oh, yes, I mentioned it earlier this year, and I can talk about it. At the
NAB show, what everybody was showing for ATSC mobile and handheld was 1/4
VGA video: 240 x 320. How happy would you be watching that -- with short
form video, mostly -- in your home? Would you rush out and buy a new tv set
so that you could watch something less than SDTV on a big set.
I guess it's possible that M/H will come out with different video formats
than 240x320, but I don't think there is much of a niche for postage-stamp
quality video on large sets.
I'm sure you feel otherwise, but I'm also sure that you will never pay $ for
a new set just for the privilege. Perhaps you think that the only reason
your HDTV set cannot present HD radio is due to greedy conspiracies?
John Willkie
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Manfredi, Albert E
Enviado el: Sunday, July 27, 2008 4:36 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Frames Per Second of 720P
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> The important question to ask in this content is what is
> being done to enhance the the ATSC standard for fixed
> receivers in the home? Or to be more precise, will
> broadcasters support any enhancement that will not work
> for legacy receivers?
>
> Clearly, h.264 is a desirable enhancement for both the new
> M/H service and for fixed receivers. One must ask whether
> broadcasters will use this codec for full resolution HD
> broadcasts, knowing that legacy receiver will go black (or
> blue screen).
That's definitely the right question to ask, IMO, and it is a question
mostly for the broadcasters and the CE vendors. Not something the ATSC
has much sway over, other than writing the standard, of course.
Seems to me that if broadcasters want to incorporate the mobile ATSC
standard into fixed receivers, and can convince the CE vendors to do so,
it will damn well happen. What's the ATSC going to say? No, you can't
allow fixed receivers to demod the M/H streams? That's absurd. And they
have no power to make such a ruling anyway.
As to switching over to H.264 for legacy broadcasts of SD and HD, it
will take a big demonstrable benefit before that happens, for obvious
reasons mentioned many times. Again, I don't see the ATSC as having much
to say about that, once they complete the standard. Seems to me that
it's broadcasters who would delay that move as much as possible, for
exactly the same reason broadcasters delayed analog switchoff as much as
possible. For the same reason that a switch to DVB-T2 is going to be
tricky. For the same reason that IPv6 migration is taking so long. It's
not the standards bodies that are dragging their feet as much as it's
the service providers, who also happen to be standards body members many
times, and who have the reasons to take things slow.
> I doubt that a broadcasters would be concerned about the
> incompatibility of legacy receivers with h.264 bitstreams
> delivered using 8-VSB, if these bitstreams are a separate
> paid service like Moviebeam.
Agree 100 percent. The ATSC would not have much to say about this
either, for such a service. The service could probably use any codec and
encryption algorithm of their choosing. Of course, that would then make
the service responsible for supplying the needed STBs or mobile
appliances. It's only if this new service provider wants to avoid having
to supply proprietary STBs or mobile appliances that it would have to
clear everything through a standards body.
In short, I don't see anything unique about the ATSC's role in any of
this. It's the standards body that's supposed to be serving the service
providers, ultimately, by making it easier for vendors to supply
interoperable equipment. If the leadership in the standards body lacks
vision, it's up to their customers (broadcasters and vendors) to force
things along.
Bert
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