Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
>Dan Seddon wrote: > > > >>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.... >> >> >> >> >Not likely. The TV sets are HD-ready independent of whether MPEG2 or >MPEG4-P10 (H.264) is used, as it is the external STB which does the >decoding. Those sets should have either HDMI or DVI input. > > I was thinking that they had built in digital recievers, maybe they don't? It would annoy me if I had to buy yet another box having shelled out - the slick minimalism of my flatscreen might feel a bit compromised.... _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
