On 27/03/2008, Gareth Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Brian Butterworth wrote: > > Why would the BBC broadcast upscaled programming? That would be awful. > > > The simulcast Channel 4 HD and Sky One HD are mostly upscaled. If I were > forced in the STB software to only watch and record the HD versions of these > channels then it would be a retrograde step. > > In the early days of the HD trial the BBC did broadcast upscaled content, > but with a caption across the bottom letting the viewer know this was the > case. The decision has since been taken that only HD content will be shown > on HD channels. When a viewer tunes into BBC HD they know they always[1] > getting HD content, this is not the case with simulcast or timeshared > channels. >
Which was kind-of my point. Anyway, if you had, say, BBC THREE HD that was only true HD some of the time, the rest of the time it would still be MPEG4 and take up about half of the disk space for the MPEG2 version. I do understand about the technical side, I am personally more bothered about the "consumer experience". -- > *Gareth Davis* | Production Systems Specialist > World Service Future Media, Digital Delivery Team - Part of BBC Global > News Division > 8 http://www.bbcworldservice.com/ + 702NE Bush House, Strand, London, WC2B > 4PH > [1] A BBC HD programme can have a percentage of upscaled content, I can't > remember what it is right now, but it is fairly low. This includes HDV-Cam > sourced footage, which is not considered to be HD broadcast quality. > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
