Tom; You are correct, and that is the point that one can infer from Bert's post. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Tom Barry Enviado el: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:25 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Transition confusion If they aren't re-encoding to lower the bit rate then I'm not sure why an MPEG-2 ATSC to MPEG-2 QAM conversion should have to cost any quality at all. Can anyone explain if this is true, and why? - Tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.