Re: So Charter is going to go to metered service huh?

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houkouonchi join:2002-07-22 Ontario, CA Reviews: ·Verizon FiOS ·Charter ·AT&T U-Verse ·DSL EXTREME	reply to Lazlow Re: So Charter is going to go to metered service huh? said by Lazlow: Not only do they work just fine, but the HD from OTA is probably the best available. They do not compress OTA signal. I don't know why I see people say this all the time. OTA HD is mpeg2, the only difference is it is likely it is a better bit-rate/less compressed then sat/cable TV compress their stuff. It is definitely compressed. -- Chugging along on 3x 6016/768k DSL Extreme DSL lines and one 3008/512 ATT DSL DIrect line for a combined total of just over 18 meg download and 2350 up. yay!
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Lazlow join:2006-08-07 Saint Louis, MO	Ok, YES all HD is compressed. When you get a HD DVD(whatever format) it is also compressed, that is how digital video is moved (99%anyway). As you pointed out it is the rate it is compressed. The OTA basically sends the signal out at the same compression that they receive it. Cable/sat crunch it down(reduce quality) further to minimize their bandwidth usage. OTA does not care about the amount of bandwidth it uses. They do not have to reduce the quality of the video/audio so that it will "fit in the box" like cable/sat does.
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BF69 Premium join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN 1 edit	said by Lazlow: Ok, YES all HD is compressed. When you get a HD DVD(whatever format) it is also compressed, that is how digital video is moved (99%anyway). As you pointed out it is the rate it is compressed. The OTA basically sends the signal out at the same compression that they receive it. Cable/sat crunch it down(reduce quality) further to minimize their bandwidth usage. OTA does not care about the amount of bandwidth it uses. They do not have to reduce the quality of the video/audio so that it will "fit in the box" like cable/sat does. for the the record OTA HD stream have a bitrate of up to 19.38 mbps blu-ray is up to 40 mbps and HD-DVD is up to 28 mbps. Not sure what cable or sat HD streams are. EDIT here you go »blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=962
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