When: Sometime in the next 12 months.
Rationale: Better compression is need to fit hundreds of HD channels in currently available bandwidth. MPEG4 playback hardware is cheap enough to satisfy the bean counters.
Etc.: Current hardware can't decode MPEG4 signals, but the vast majority of current hardware can't decode MPEG2 HD either. The SD -> HD changeover (which is well under way, despite the caterwauling by some Cassandras on this list) presents a one time opportunity for the sat. companies to upgrade their tech simultaneously.
On 11/30/05, Robert La Ferla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Steve Adeff wrote:
> As well, you won't get any HD channels with the PC tuner cards and when they
> do the switch to MPEG4 you won't be able to tune those channels either.
>
Tell me more about the switch including the timeframe, rationale,
etc... What current tuner cards will work minus HD/mpeg4? I have a
pcHDTV HD3000 card but so far it's just being used for analog cable
w/tvtime. I can't get audio out of it without having to use a cable so
it's pretty crummy.
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