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Re: [HD] FIOS Moving to MPEG-4 HD You DID see this at the bottom???
as of 9/16/2008
All this is, is when they started broadcasting the multiplex feeds in HD; those extra HD feeds have been in MPEG4 since day one. (that's why they stated at the end, that (ONLY) the primary E/W feeds would continue to be in MPEG2 HD as well...  ) |
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| reply to Mike Wolf
Has nothing to do with FIOS offering MPEG4 to its customers. Just saves companies the trouble of transcoding MPEG2 to MPEG4.
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aw that's too bad, was hoping everything was MPEG4 in 2013.
Wish they would hurry up already.
I think having a channel fully MPEG4 would be worth the subscription alone. |
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BiggA
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EARTH | reply to adkinsjm
Other way around? Are they going to be able to pass MPEG-4 directly on, or is it going to be a way higher bitrate? |
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| said by BiggA:Other way around? Are they going to be able to pass MPEG-4 directly on, or is it going to be a way higher bitrate?
HBO also set standards for minimum bitrates it will allow MSOs to rate shape their feeds down to, but they only insisted on such limits for MSOs using their MPEG4 feeds. |
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 JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
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| Still no new HD Channels in Latest Bill Well, in my latest bill that was generated Sunday, still nothing regarding any type of channel adds (so that pushes us through May).
With FIOS about to launch 25+ HD channels shortly, Comcast is really going to have to answer the bell.
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Re: [HD] FIOS Moving to MPEG-4 HD said by Mike Wolf:aw that's too bad, was hoping everything was MPEG4 in 2013.
Wish they would hurry up already. Huh??? did you actually read that link, that YOU posted? 
ALL HBO/MAX HD feeds ARE in MPEG4 already, & have been since this 2008 posting!
But they ALSO have kept (duplicate) E/W primary feeds of HBO & MAX (4 channels total) in MPEG2 HD as well.
And of course they still have all of the SD feeds of these channels in MPEG2; there's no point in changing those to MPEG4 at this point...
I think having a channel fully MPEG4 would be worth the subscription alone. |
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Re: Still no new HD Channels in Latest Bill Comcast has to answer what bell? What 25 channels is FIOS adding, even? I can't think of anything Comcast is missing at this point that's worth watching. |
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I was quickly checking the fios forums. What are the 25 new HD channels... didn't seem like there were 25 with concrete evidence of what on the way?
DirecTV has normally been behind the curve on HD channels since Cable operators did SDV or Analog reclamation... but on April 1st, OWN HD, Bloomburg HD and Fox Sports San Diego HD are on the way.
Eventually maybe all the operators will finally catch up with BrightHouse Networks in Tampa or TWC NYC? |
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JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
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said by mariod:Comcast has to answer what bell? What 25 channels is FIOS adding, even? I can't think of anything Comcast is missing at this point that's worth watching.
That's your opinion, but there are 50-60 HD channels live right now that Comcast does not offer.
Cypher - shhhhhhh.
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kudos:8 | said by JeepMatt:said by mariod:Comcast has to answer what bell? What 25 channels is FIOS adding, even? I can't think of anything Comcast is missing at this point that's worth watching.
That's your opinion, but there are 50-60 HD channels live right now that Comcast does not offer. Cypher - shhhhhhh. At this point, since Comcast seems to have so many open QAMs in many areas, I'd think the missing channels are due to lack of demand and/or broadcaster pricing not bandwidth.
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| said by DrDrew:At this point, since Comcast seems to have so many open QAMs in many areas, I'd think the missing channels are due to lack of demand and/or broadcaster pricing not bandwidth.
Doesn't seem like it, considering in the cases of the removed premiums that they did in the last year or so, what's missing in HD they carry in SD. Comcast likes to insist that anything you'd want from the premiums is OnDemand so to them it's okay that they killed the linear versions. It really seems like a way to force users into trying OnDemand. I mean OnDemand is so under utilized they're having a giant promotional "Watchathon" this week that opens up most of their VOD library because people aren't using it in the numbers Comcast would like. |
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The Q
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Collegeville, PA | said by SpHeRe31459:said by DrDrew:At this point, since Comcast seems to have so many open QAMs in many areas, I'd think the missing channels are due to lack of demand and/or broadcaster pricing not bandwidth.
Doesn't seem like it, considering in the cases of the removed premiums that they did in the last year or so, what's missing in HD they carry in SD. Comcast likes to insist that anything you'd want from the premiums is OnDemand so to them it's okay that they killed the linear versions. It really seems like a way to force users into trying OnDemand. I mean OnDemand is so under utilized they're having a giant promotional "Watchathon" this week that opens up most of their VOD library because people aren't using it in the numbers Comcast would like. 400 million on demand views a month, seems like someone is using it...
»www.multichannel.com/cable-opera···2/142082 |
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| said by The Q:said by SpHeRe31459:said by DrDrew:At this point, since Comcast seems to have so many open QAMs in many areas, I'd think the missing channels are due to lack of demand and/or broadcaster pricing not bandwidth.
Doesn't seem like it, considering in the cases of the removed premiums that they did in the last year or so, what's missing in HD they carry in SD. Comcast likes to insist that anything you'd want from the premiums is OnDemand so to them it's okay that they killed the linear versions. It really seems like a way to force users into trying OnDemand. I mean OnDemand is so under utilized they're having a giant promotional "Watchathon" this week that opens up most of their VOD library because people aren't using it in the numbers Comcast would like. 400 million on demand views a month, seems like someone is using it... » www.multichannel.com/cable-opera···2/142082 And yet Comcast still isn't happy... |
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| reply to JeepMatt
Re: [HD] FIOS Moving to MPEG-4 HD IMO, there is no legitimate reason to not have the additional HD premiums, especially since they can upload them 5 to a QAM MPEG-4.
That's the biggest gaping hole for Comcast. There's a few other things regarding networks depending on the region, but there's not any gaping hole that it's inexcusable to not have the HD feed. |
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| Check out my post earlier in this thread and some replies - 1st page. My theory why they've gutted HD premium content involves increased profit - fees from replacement channels having commercials, still get fees from Premium Channel subscribers and fees from non- premium channel subscribers from single views of premium channel content via VOD. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | reply to SpHeRe31459
Re: Still no new HD Channels in Latest Bill I'm almost wondering if they don't want the difference between an 860mhz and a 650mhz system to be too big... or if they think they will need more bandwidth for XoD or HSI. Or they're just clueless? |
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The Q
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Collegeville, PA | reply to Streetlight
Re: [HD] FIOS Moving to MPEG-4 HD said by Streetlight:Check out my post earlier in this thread and some replies - 1st page. My theory why they've gutted HD premium content involves increased profit - fees from replacement channels having commercials, still get fees from Premium Channel subscribers and fees from non- premium channel subscribers from single views of premium channel content via VOD.
I did not realize you could buy single individual episodes or movies from a premium channel like HBO or showtime on demand.
I will take a closer look or do you have some examples? |
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Re: Still no new HD Channels in Latest Bill said by BiggA:I'm almost wondering if they don't want the difference between an 860mhz and a 650mhz system to be too big... That's actually a pretty plausible explanation, they want everything to seem uniform no matter the system.
On that note... whatever happened to unifying the channel line ups across markets? They were going to move the HD channels into the 1000's and make them match their SD channel number for the last three digits. |
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Re: [HD] FIOS Moving to MPEG-4 HD If you like Premiums in HD, your best suited to get DirecTV or move to a TWC or Brighthouse area.
Even tiny Pennsylvania operator Blue Ridge Cable has all the multi screens of premiums in their Ephrata and I think Stroudsburg systems.
I like having all the premium HD's on DirecTV. Channel surfing you might find something interesting to DVR that you wouldn't of known about before. |
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