http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r11537978 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:06:56 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:06:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11565037 fireflier : Another benefit of HDTV/DTV that hasn't been mentioned yet (at least to this point in the thread) is the ability to multicast on one channel. I.e. you don't have to use all of the bandwitch of a specific channel for HDTV content. You can broadcast 2, 3, 4 different programs on the same "channel". On an HDTV I saw recently, channel 46 was the normal OTA analog channel. The TV picked up 46.1, 46.2, and 46.3. Each .x program was different but broadcast in standard definition so you effectively had 3 channels rolled into the allocated space of one.

This works great if for instance a network program gets pre-empted by a sporting or political event. Assuming the broadcast station supports it, you could continue watching your regular show.
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Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11565037 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:40:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11537978 jeffdbs1 : Gosh I have seen this one before........the phase out of unleaded gasoline. In the begining of the introduction of unleaded gasoline the price of unlead was higher and had less octane. People scream "never will I give up my regular gasoline burning automobile". "I paid two hundred dollars for my regular gasoline burning car and no-way will I spend a couple of thousand dollars on a no-lead gasoline car with a catalytic converter."

Times change for the better. Analog television frequencies take up much more spectrum compared to digital television. So we need to clean up the frequency space to make room for more wireless broadband to home. Television is going to be wonderful in HDTV. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11537978 Fri, 08 Oct 2004 19:39:34 EDT