Dan Seddon wrote:
>Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > > >>Dan Seddon wrote: >> >> >>>Justin Hornsby wrote: >>> >>> >>>>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.... > > Some can, most don't. In any case you'll be able to use an external STB... Lots cheaper than replacing the flatscreen.... _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
