Craig Birkmaier wrote: > The real story here is that for HD enthusiasts, OTA broadcasting > is every bit as limited as it was before broadcasters went > digital and HD, which was supposed to keep them competitive. > Other than sports, broadcasters are still delivering the same > stuff that was losing audience share to the multichannel > services before HD was available. Sorry, Craig, but that story was about DISH delivering the same content that broadcasters deliver. In this case, a movie. Using a format that (in principle, per the transmission standards) broadcasters have always been able to use. > Sorry, but I don't think you will find many true 24P streams > coming from broadcasters. It's not the limits of the compression > standard, it is the way in which they built their physical > plants for HD. Any station that is 1080i converts EVERYTHING to > 1080i for emission. Stations that are 720P typically convert > everything to 720@60P. And both are limited by MPEG-2. Seems to me that the MPEG-2 "limit" isn't the issue at all, then. The true limiting factor seems to be in the internal broadcaster plants, and/or in the files they are provided for transmission. > From the original article... > >> Whether average consumers will be able to truly appreciate the >> technical nuances of 1080p/24 delivery is open to debate, and >> Insalaco admitted that most viewers are focused more on HD >> quantity than quality. So, it seems that we agree that the article had no news-worthy content? I think that was my main point. 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.