On 01/05/2013 07:01 AM, Tim<ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
I don't know about elsewhere, but here in Australia, high
resolution TV
has been a bit of a flop. We only have about 3 high res TV channels out
of about 16, and much of what they put to air is standard resolution,
anyway. And, oddly enough, one of the better looking programs is a
1980s UK TV program shot using 900 line resolution tube cameras; bumped
up to high res it looks very nice, compare that to modern 4:3 CCD studio
cameras which rarely went above 750 line resolution. Then there's the
several heavily compressed standard resolution channels from the same
station that looks like VHS is being put to air. And people don't seem
to be complaining about it, nor even noticing. Seriously, why buy a
$1000+ high res TV set when there's little of it to watch.
HD will come. If you like sports you might hit on your local station to
broadcast Oz footie in HD. In North America, CBS has, for some years,
broadcast (OTA) what appears to be a completely uncompressed HD stream
and watching football ( American style) in that format is awesome. As a
'benchmark' most HD programs hereabouts take 5 to 6 G/hour for storage.
Some programs (The Good Wife is one example) regularly takes 8G/hr and
the difference is noticeable. I get that program OTA from 2 different
stations: one at 8G and one at 5G. The difference is noticeable. NFL
football runs 11-12G/hr in 720p.
G