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. > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > I believe that they allowed Component Video in the door at the last minute as a nod to Classic sets. The BBC will have HD up and running on Sky in 2006 as I understand it, With a bit of luck this will not require an encryption card and we will see PC Sat cards that can deal with the stream.
now HD DVD is another scam........ Mike C _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
