[opendtv] Re: The old 720p/1080i argument again
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:55:27 -0400
> However, in all these replies, I haven't seen any insistance
> by any broadcaster that their HD material MUST remain 1080i.
> Which was the smoke screen layed down in the article that
> started this thread. If a cable system wants to go to the
> trouble of recoding 1080i into 720p, at roughly the same bit rate
> so that image quality doesn't suffer, I don't know that a
> broadcaster would get up in arms about it.
I can't imagine them getting upset anyway. That is because I can't
imagine any current stations both doing HD and also needing must-carry
to get their stations on cable. Any stations negotiating for
retransmission consent can negotiate for how their signal is to be
carried if they really care. Either way, no one has much cause to complain.
- Tom
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> Eory Frank wrote:
>
>
>>Every MVPD has financial incentives to use his bandwidth
>>efficiently. The difference is that cable MSOs -- at least
>>those with 750 MHz or higher systems -- have some breathing
>>room to add more services, like more HD channels, without
>>crushing picture quality in the process. Satellite
>>transponders, on the other hand, are squeezed pretty hard already.
>
>
> Agreed. Also, to make matters that much worse for them, all
> multichannel systems deployed an SD-only digital scheme already,
> meaning that most of what is broadcast in HD must be simulcast
> in SD, to remain backward compatible. So that only adds insult to
> injury.
>
> Local into local, for DBS systems, is yet another penalty, for
> the multichannel distribution system most strapped for bandwidth.
>
> However, in all these replies, I haven't seen any insistance
> by any broadcaster that their HD material MUST remain 1080i.
> Which was the smoke screen layed down in the article that
> started this thread. If a cable system wants to go to the
> trouble of recoding 1080i into 720p, at roughly the same bit rate
> so that image quality doesn't suffer, I don't know that a
> broadcaster would get up in arms about it.
>
> Bert
>
>
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