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.... _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
