zed260
join:2007-09-30
Cleveland, TN
1 edit | hd bandwith
i think a more accurate way to view this hd war is in total amount of bandwidth dedicated to hd |
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whiteyonenh
join:2004-08-09
Keene, NH
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| said by zed260  :i think a more accurate way to view this hd war is in total amount of bandwidth dedicated to hd Ok viewed that way, bandwidth could be construed as a big difference than amount of channels. Have you ever seen an over-compressed hd channel on cable or sattelite?
Bandwidth is only 1/2 the equation, but if they're claiming HD based on the resolution, and compressing it so much that it is only slightly better than SD, is it really HD?
My point is this, while you could count the amount of bandwidth being dedicated to HD it wouldn't make sense, as the general consumer is going to look at the amount of channels over the bitrate, as the consumer has no idea what a bitrate means. One company could offer 200 HD channels, and the other only offer 20 HD channels, assuming they use the same codecs for that video signal, and that the same amount of overall bandwidth is being used, the one with only 20 HD channels will look better, as bitrate on the system with 200 HD channels will be much lower with less detail, similar to how you can download a 32kbps MP3 and then listen to a 256kbit MP3 and tell the difference, the same is true with HD. |
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zed260
join:2007-09-30
Cleveland, TN | true
maybe a better comparision could be amde by deviding total hd abndwith by number of channels |
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Corydon
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
clubs:
·Comcast
| Still doesn't work because you have to discuss whether you're using MPEG2 or MPEG4 compression...and by the time you get to that point, consumers' eyes begin to glaze over....
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dvd536
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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said by whiteyonenh :said by zed260 :i think a more accurate way to view this hd war is in total amount of bandwidth dedicated to hd Bandwidth is only 1/2 the equation, but if they're claiming HD based on the resolution, and compressing it so much that it is only slightly better than SD, is it really HD? No it isn't. its HD-LITE.
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