[opendtv] Re: Qualcomm on Channel 55
- From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:10:16 -0400
John,
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Golitsis" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I've actually been somewhat afraid to mention this, oddly fearing
> that it will come to pass, but the logical thing to do in ATSC is to
> use MPEG2 SD for one channel, and an AVC sub-channel for HD. That
> way, no receivers stop working. You'd have something like 15-16Mbps
> for the AVC channel, which is plenty.
>
> Sure doesn't mean that everybody will stay happy though!
Bert and I already had this discussion on June 7th.
See:
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [opendtv] Re: Print Story: European broadcasters focus on
improved TV picture on Yahoo! News
> Bert,
>
> You don't think that multicasting is a reality in the US? Besides, an
> MPEG2
> SD program and an MPEG4 HD program is more efficient than a single MPEG2
> HD
> program, bitwise. (With caveats up the wazoo regarding relative quality
> decisions, etc.)
>
> John
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