[linux-dvb] Re: hdtv & dvb

[Hamish Moffatt <hamish@cloud.net.au>]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:03:28PM +0100, Robert Schlabbach wrote:
> From: "Hamish Moffatt" <hamish@cloud.net.au>
> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 09:35:27PM +0100, Robert Schlabbach wrote:
> > > It's only broadcasting HDTV demo loops, though. But in contrast to
> > > EURO1080 this service is broadcasting "true" 1080i at 59.94
> > > fields/sec, whereas EURO1080 uses an uncommon 50 fields/sec.
> >
> > Wouldn't 50 fields/sec simply be the PAL rate?
> 
> Hmm, ok, I can see how stations who have huge archives of PAL material
> might want to use 50 fields/sec HDTV for easier conversion. But EURO1080
> isn't such a station, so I don't see why they chose this. In fact, most
> HDTV material available today will likely be 59,94 fields/sec, so IMHO
> EURO1080 made a pretty stupid decision, since they cannot easily purchase
> HDTV shows e.g. from the USA and just broadcast that.

Why not? We get American shows here (Australia) broadcast in 50 Hz PAL,
as Peter Urbanec said. ER, CSI, Without a Trace, etc.

It sounds like EURO1080 is targetting the European market, so why
wouldn't they use PAL? How odd.

Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>


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