[opendtv] Re: Toward digital TV
- From: Barry Wilkins <barry.barrywilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:08:37 +1300
Kon,
Exactly why then is HDTV being pushed in the USA? Especially when it has
such an inflexible DTTV transmission arrangement.
Barry
On 12/16/05, Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > I hope you will pardon a small diversion on the subject of "Toward
> digital
> > > TV" but I have just had long and complicated discussions with a Sky
> New
> > > Zealand technical representative as to why some of the channels they
> provide
> > > on their digital satellite DTH service have such abysmally poor image
> > > quality.
> >
> > In the US it is trivial: thay are transmitting some 2500 channels
> > in inadequate bandwidth.
>
> The company mantra is quantity not quality. More quantity means more
> possible subs. And that's the bottom line - we can jump up and down all
> we want, it is not going to change. And when H264 rolls in, don't think
> that quality will improve. It will for a short while, until the
> bandwidth is required for the Knitting Channels, more sports, and
> various businesstv channels.
>
> Cheers
> Kon
>
>
>
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