<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 3:15 PM, John Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv@onevista.com" target="_blank">mythtv@onevista.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 16:02:16 -0400<br>
Peter Bennett <<a href="mailto:cats22@comcast.net">cats22@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Now that Comcast have started using x264 for some channels I have<br>
> noticed that the 1080i channels are switching to 720p when they switch<br>
> to x264. This seems to be official policy - see below.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Non-X1-Service/1080i-channels-are-being-changed-to-720p60-channels/td-p/2778182" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/<wbr>Non-X1-Service/1080i-channels-<wbr>are-being-changed-to-720p60-<wbr>channels/td-p/2778182</a><br>
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> They seem to view this as an improvement. I wonder why those channels<br>
> used 1080i in the first place if 720p is superior. I also wonder if<br>
> they have approval from their cable channel providers to do this.<br>
><br>
> Up to now it is only cable channels that have switched. The broadcast<br>
> channels are still mpeg2 1080i.<br>
><br>
> Peter<br>
><br>
</span>1080i30 is only 540p30<br>
720p60 is much superior with respect to motion<br>
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johna<br>
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<br><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div>I've had h264 from comcast for a while. It looks like they have also changed channels that were previously h264 1080i to 720p. <div><br></div><div>Example: </div><div><br></div><div>Velocity Sept 28th</div><div><div> Duration: 00:31:59.85, start: 47977.132767, bitrate: 3727 kb/s</div><div> Stream #0:0[0x125a]: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc</div><div> Stream #0:1[0x125b](eng): Audio: ac3 (AC-3 / 0x332D4341), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 384 kb/s</div></div><div><br></div><div>Oct 26th</div><div><div>Duration: 00:32:00.35, start: 82055.426378, bitrate: 3713 kb/s</div><div> Stream #0:0[0x125a]: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn, 119.88 tbc</div><div> Stream #0:1[0x125b](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 384 kb/s</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Same show for both.</div><div><br></div><div>In reality which is better, I really have no clue. 1080p sure would have been nice though.</div><div><br></div><div>Jon </div></div><br></div></div>