Brian Butterworth wrote:
1080i25), or is the compression lower?
Yes. They are going to squeeze three HD channels into the 30Mb/s.
Four, according to the OFCOM plan. It's based on a report by Zetacast
which shows large improvements going to occur in MPEG4 coders and
stat-muxing between now and 2020.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/dttfuture/report.pdf
25fps, 1280x720, 16:9 (0.87 megapixels) is what is going to be in
"Freeview HD", the DVB-T2 service.
It's an option being considered.
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