John Shutt wrote:
Given that when the ATSC adopted EVSB they added the following caveat, I'd say you are exactly correct: "Additionally, during premium programming times, the maximum bitrate in the enhanced (EVSB) stream shall be 3 Mbps out of the total 19.4 Mbps channel capacity."
Don't know why that bothers you so much, John. It is simply a policy statement, to try to prevent broadcasters from degrading prime time programming to sub-SD quality. There's nothing in any hardware that can stop you from creating a single SD E-VSB channel during prime time, if you really insist. I doubt the ATSC would send out a SWAT team.
Now, does that mean that you can only take 3 Mbps out of the 19.4, leaving a real 1.5 Mbps for EVSB?
That's my interpretation. So it leaves enough regular 8-VSB capacity for HDTV sports. I can see nothing sinister in any of this.
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