On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Jarod Wilson <ja...@wilsonet.com> wrote: > If I recall correctly, the digital version of a standard-def program > actually consumes less bandwidth to transmit than the > analog variant of the same ...
That much I know is accurate. You can compress a digital signal. I seem to recall that standard definition compresses at roughly a 5:1 ratio. So the bandwidth savings could be significant. I'm not surprised to hear the CATV providers want to do this. But I predict significant confusion, as much of the DTV transition guidance I've seen has been saying that "if you've got cable, you don't have to worry". -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
