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<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> Etc.: Current hardware can't decode MPEG4 signals, but the vast<br>
> majority of current hardware can't decode MPEG2 HD either. The SD -><br>> HD changeover (which is well under way, despite the caterwauling by<br>> some Cassandras on this list) presents a one time opportunity for the
<br>> sat. companies to upgrade their tech simultaneously.<br><br>Specifically, current TV's can't decode MPEG-4 and most current TV's<br>can't decode MPEG-2 </blockquote><div><br>
Thank you for attempting to specify what i was talking about, but when
I said "hardware" I was talking about DVB settop boxes. <br>
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This could probably have been inferred from the fact that the entire thread is about Dish Network and Myth.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">(although all HDTV's--those with ATSC tuners, as<br>opposed to HD-Ready TV's, which need a separate tuner--can decode
<br>MPEG-2). However, all DISH and DirecTV receivers can decode MPEG-2, as<br>that's the format the satellite companies are using to transmit the<br>video (both standard- and high-definition channels).</blockquote><div><br>
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Lest my point be unnecessarily muddled, I should restate my point (an
entirely unimportant one. mind you) - The vast majority of current DVB
recievers cannot decode high definition MPEG2 signals. <br>
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