There have been rumblings like that for years, but I'd be surprised if anyone really does it. I mean, as people buy HD TV's, they're going to expect HD pictures.
I don't get WMPT here, so I'll have to take your word for it that they've made this decision. I'm mostly curious to know *what* they're planning to put on these other channels and how exactly does an ATSC tuner tune them in (I've never used ATSC)? On 8/30/07, MrMike6by9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not the whole story. Over at AVSForum.com, there has been much > discussion of this issue. The temptation is that the same bandwidth > required for one HD channel can host several SD digital channels. On > some systems, users are complaining that the HD channels are > bit-starved because the broadcasters want the extra revenue that might > come from multiple channels. Locally, we have an example of how bad it > can get. WMPT has all but eliminated their HD broadcasts and even > removed "HD" from the channel name (although the broadcaster is a > non-profit). They claim to want to able to add more SD channels. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
