Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs:
| reply to Zorglub
Re: 25mbits is not enough for internet, tv, phone
Yeah but there is HDTV, and then there is HDTV. DirecTV is currently advertising/selling "HDTV", but its highly compressed 1280x720p or 1280x1080i depending on the source channel. (no, that isn't just a typo)
Neither of which look as good as their OTA counterparts.
So can AT&T deliver HDTV plus everything else over 25Mbps, sure. Will it look as good as an OTA HDTV broadcast....very doubtful.
--
AMD X2 4800+ @2700Mhz/ MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum SLI/ 4x 1024Mb Corsair XMS PC4000/ WD 74Gb Raptor/ PNY 7800GTs SLI/ Antec 550 True Control/Custom water cooler |
|
inurenegade
join:2006-06-11
Wilmington, DE | directtv's 1280x1080i anamorphic video requires up to 15 mbps
so damn how the hell is att gonna pull this off |
|
LilYoda
Feline with squirel personality disorder
Premium
join:2004-09-02
Mountains
| MPEG4 or H.264
For those that say they want HD "not compressed", wake up, that would require several Gbps of speed. Even Verizon's FiosTV is compressed HD (MPEG2?)
--
"the two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." (Harlan Ellison) |
|
