Dan Seddon wrote:
>Justin Hornsby wrote: > > > >>>That all sounds a bit naff if true..... I thought there had been a lot >>>of talk about the BBC broadcasting before the World Cup in HDTV in >>>London on terrestial digital? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Well, it's our government who 'own' the airwaves, so it's likely >>they'll sell off the analogue space to the highest bidder IMHO. >> >> >> >> >> >Yes - that rings true, hence the rush to stop analgue. I guess how much >HDTV we see before then depends on who can squeeze how much in to the >space currently available to Digital Terrestial. > > > >>As for UK HD being MPEG4 - I saw an article in Electronics Times >>recently which stated it as a fact - a fact which is causing people >>concern over how current Freeview receivers will work in future. >> >> >> >> >Maybe the two issues are tied to each other - if the bandwidth doesn't >arrive quickly enough (things never do here) MPEG4 would get more in to >the same space. It might cause a bit of grief with all the people who've >bought very expensive "HD-ready" sets though.... > > Not likely. The TV sets are HD-ready independent of whether MPEG2 or MPEG4-P10 (H.264) is used, as it is the external STB which does the decoding. Those sets should have either HDMI or DVI input. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users