[mythtv-users] HD Compression Artifacts

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Mar 24 04:56:12 UTC 2007


On 03/23/2007 09:54 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 3/23/07, Stroller <linux.luser at myrealbox.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 23 Mar 2007, at 02:19, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>     
>>> On 03/22/2007 07:50 PM, John Goerzen wrote:
>>>       
>>>> ...
>>>> Is this an inherent problem with HD?  Or perhaps something
>>>> specific to
>>>> how CBS is airing the NCAA games?
>>>>         
>>> I don't think what you're seeing are MPEG compression artifacts.  I
>>> think it's called "profit maximization."  It seems many networks are
>>> using too-low bitrates (= less bandwidth) for the shows they broadcast
>>> ...
>>>       
>> Um, isn't this a case where MPEG compression artefacts are a result
>> of the low bitrates?
>>
>> Stroller.
>>     
>
> I think Michael was going for the humor factor ("profit maximization").

Seems I missed...

Mike


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