[opendtv] Re: WTF is... H.265 aka HEVC?

  • From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:33:22 -0400

On 4/12/2013 8:02 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
"Ding Dong the witch is dead, wicked witch, interlaced witch…"

Only took twenty somethin years to figure out that interlace is a crude 
compression technique that makes entropy coding less efficient…

Now for reality.

Mr Schubin - how many years/decades until 1080i is dead?
Or MPEG-2 for that matter?
Don't hold your breath.

Here's a presentation I did at NAB last Saturday at the SMPTE Technology Summit on Cinema:
http://www.schubincafe.com/2013/04/06/when-were-ready-a-history-of-cinema-technology-nab-april-6-2013/

Things take time.

To your list you might also add non-integer frame rates, mono sound, and protection for a 4:3 aspect ratio.

TTFN,
Mark



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